Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures

Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, Third Edition delivers a highly practical step-by-step guide to common life-saving procedures in canine and feline practice. Presenting concise descriptions of techniques accompanied by full-color clinical photographs, this book is designed for easy reference in an emergency situation.

This newly revised and updated Third Edition includes the latest developments in the field of emergency and critical care medicine, with new information on the Mila Seldinger thoracostomy tube placement, over-the-wire blind intubation using a rigid polypropylene catheter and ET tube, use of an introducer to facilitate placement of esophagostomy tubes, as well as transoral airway washes.

Each procedure includes information on the indications for the technique, potential risks, and equipment required, with helpful hints for avoiding complications. A companion website features video clips demonstrating most procedures.

This new edition includes information on:

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation based on the latest RECOVER guidelines, covering closed and open chest CPR as well as basic and advanced life support
• Vascular access techniques, including peripheral venous catheters, percutaneous facilitation, vascular cutdown, central venous catheters, and arterial catheterization
• Oxygen supplementation and management of upper airway obstruction, covering nasal and nasopharyngeal oxygen catheters, and intratracheal oxygen supplementation
• Thoracocentesis and thoracostomy tube placement, management of open sucking chest wounds, and analgesia and local anesthesia to block rib fractures

Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures is a must-have reference for any veterinarian or veterinary technician dealing with emergent canine and feline patients, along with veterinary and veterinary technology students.

Table of Contents:

1. CHAPTER 1: Vascular Access Techniques
2. INTRODUCTION
3. PERIPHERAL CATHETERIZATION
4. CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER PLACEMENT
5. OVER‐THE‐WIRE CATHETERS (SELDINGER TECHNIQUE)
6. JUGULAR CENTRAL THROUGH‐THE‐NEEDLE CATHETER PLACEMENT
7. LATERAL SAPHENOUS OVER‐THE‐WIRE (SELDINGER) CATHETER
8. AURICULAR VENOUS CATHETER
9. ARTERIAL CATHETERIZATION
10. VASCULAR CUTDOWN
11. INTRAOSSEOUS CATHETERIZATION
12. PLACEMENT OF INTRAOSSEOUS CATHETER PLACEMENT IN THE HUMERUS
13. INTRAOSSEOUS CATHETERIZATION USING THE EZ‐IO DEVICE
14. THREE SYRINGE TECHNIQUE FOR BLOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION
15. SUGGESTED READING
16. CHAPTER 2: Respiratory Emergencies: Thoracocentesis, Local Anesthesia for Rib Fracture, Management of Open Sucking Chest Wounds, and Thoracostomy Tube Placement
17. EMERGENCY AIRWAY ACCESS
18. TEMPORARY TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT
19. TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE CARE
20. THORACOCENTESIS
21. MANAGEMENT OF AN OPEN SUCKING/PENETRATING CHEST WOUND
22. LOCAL ANESTHETIC BLOCKS FOR RIB FRACTURES OR FLAIL CHEST
23. THORACOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT
24. THORACOSTOMY TUBE – TROCAR
25. ALTERNATE METHOD OF THORACOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT WITHOUT A TROCAR
26. THORACOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT USING OVER‐THE‐WIRE SELDINGER TECHNIQUE
27. SUGGESTED READING
28. CHAPTER 3: Oxygen Supplementation and Respiratory Sampling Techniques
29. NASAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL OXYGEN CATHETER PLACEMENT
30. OXYGEN HOOD
31. TRANSORAL WASH
32. SUGGESTED READING
33. CHAPTER 4: Pericardiocentesis
34. INTRODUCTION
35. SUGGESTED READING
36. CHAPTER 5: Nutritional Support and Orogastric Lavage
37. INTRODUCTION
38. NASOESOPHAGEAL AND NASOGASTRIC TUBES
39. SUPPLIES NEEDED
40. ESOPHAGOSTOMY TUBES
41. PLACEMENT OF ESOPHAGOSTOMY TUBE USING INTRODUCER
42. OROGASTRIC LAVAGE
43. SUGGESTED READING
44. CHAPTER 6: Urinary Catheter Placement, Urohydropulsion, and Temporary Antepubic Cystostomy Catheter Placement
45. URINARY CATHETER PLACEMENT IN MALE AND FEMALE DOGS
46. URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION IN MALE AND FEMALE CATS
47. UROHYDROPULSION
48. TEMPORARY ANTEPUBIC CYSTOSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT
49. SUGGESTED READING
50. CHAPTER 7: Abdominocentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
51. ABDOMINOCENTESIS
52. DIAGNOSTIC PERITONEAL LAVAGE
53. ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE CATHETER
54. SUGGESTED READING
55. CHAPTER 8: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
56. INTRODUCTION
57. CLOSED‐CHEST CPR
58. ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS)
59. OPEN‐CHEST CPR
60. CLOSING THE THORAX AFTER OPEN‐CHEST CPR
61. SUGGESTED READING
62. CHAPTER 9: Continuous Rate Infusions
63. INTRODUCTION
64. PHARMACOKINETICS
65. CALCULATIONS
66. SUGGESTED READING
67. CHAPTER 10: Product Guide and Supplies
68. CHAPTER 1: ARTERIAL AND VENOUS CATHETERIZATION
69. CHAPTER 2: THORACOCENTESIS, THORACOSTOMY TUBE
70. CHAPTER 3: OXYGEN SUPPLEMENTATION
71. CHAPTER 4: PERICARDIOCENTESIS
72. CHAPTER 5: ENTERAL FEEDING AND OROGASTRIC LAVAGE
73. CHAPTER 6: URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION, URINARY HYDROPULSION, ANTEPUBIC CYSTOSTOMY CATHETER
74. CHAPTER 8: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
75. Index
76. End User License Agreement