Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

By Jamie M. Burkitt Creedon and Harold Davis, this comprehensive guide offers detailed, standardized, step-by-step protocols for easy access to essential information in small animal emergency rooms and intensive care units.

A Complete and Clinically Oriented Reference

The Second Edition of Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care provides a thorough and clinically oriented reference for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students. Each protocol is grounded in evidence and provides step-by-step details on a wide range of procedures in the small animal emergency room and intensive care unit.

The book is carefully designed for ease of use, with:

• Concise but comprehensive explanations
• Useful equipment lists
• Protocols called out in boxes
• Extensive reference lists

Updated and Expanded Content

In this revised and expanded edition, information has been updated and expanded throughout, with new chapters and information added in key areas, including:

• Veterinary point-of-care ultrasound (VPOCUS)
• Veterinary CPR
• Blood banking and transfusion medicine
• Advanced techniques for mechanical ventilation
• Veterinary health care team wellbeing

Companion Website Resources

A companion website offers the protocols in Word for editing and use in practice, as well as figures from the book in PowerPoint.

Key Topics Covered

Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care covers a range of critical topics, including:

The Cardiovascular System

• Catheterization of the venous compartment
• Arterial puncture and catheterization
• Cardiac VPOCUS
• Principles of electrocardiography
• Electrocardiogram interpretation

The Respiratory System

• Oxygen therapy
• Pulse oximetry and CO-oximetry
• Blood gas analysis
• Pleural space and lung VPOCUS
• Tracheal intubation
• Temporary tracheostomy

The Urinary and Abdominal Systems

• Urethral catheterization
• Abdominal VPOCUS
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Technical management of hemodialysis patients
• Peritoneal evaluation

Transfusion Medicine

• Blood banking
• Blood typing
• Cross-matching
• Administration of blood and other biological products

Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care is an invaluable resource for emergency situations, making it a highly useful reference for:

• Veterinary practitioners
• Veterinary technicians and nurses
• Veterinary students
• Small animal emergency and critical care specialists
• Emergency and critical care veterinary technicians and nurse specialists

Publication Details:

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Edition: 2nd
• Publication Date: June 7, 2023
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 1088 pages
• ISBN-10: 1119581419
• ISBN-13: 978-1119581413