Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813813379 ISBN 13: 9780813813370

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Synopsis

Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care is a comprehensive yet practical reference, providing hands-on information essential to veterinarians and veterinary technicians involved in emergency and critical care. Written by an expert team of veterinarians and veterinary technicians, this well-referenced book offers step-by-step protocols for performing advanced emergency and critical care procedures and monitoring techniques. Packed with practical guidance in an easy-to-use format, this book is ideally suited for quick access in emergency rooms or intensive care units.

Organized primarily by body system, each chapter covers general principles, indications, equipment, techniques, basic interpretation, troubleshooting, and contraindications. Standardized protocols supply equipment lists and step-by-step instructions throughout, and a companion website offers images from the book in PowerPoint and protocols as downloadable Word files.  Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care is a valuable resource for any veterinary staff member with an interest in improving the standard of care in emergency and critical care medicine.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Jamie M. Burkitt Creedon, DVM, DACVECC, is Chief of the Emergency and Critical Care service at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Harold Davis, RVT, VTS (ECC), is Manager of the Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

 

Review:

“The cost of the book is appropriate for the value it provides as a unique and useful resource for all practitioners of veterinary emergency and critical care medicine.”  (Vet Med Today, 15 September 2013)

“I think this book is a must-read for all veterinary professionals, especially those in the emergency field. Readers beware: once you pick this book up you may not be able to put it down!”  (Veterinary Information Network, 21 November 2012) 

“This is a complete and well-referenced compilation of relevant information small animal emergency care.”  (Doody’s, 8 February 2013)

"Jamie M. Burkitt Creedon and Harold Davis edit ADVANCED MONITORING AND PROCEDURES FOR SMALL ANIMAL EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE (9780813813370, $129.99), which deserves ongoing recommendation and mention as simply an outstanding practical reference providing hands-on information key to vets and technicians working in the field."  (Midwest Book Reviews, 1 December 2012)

"Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care offers a comprehensive reference key to vets and veterinary technicians involved in emergency and critical care, and comes from a team of veterinarians who provide step-by-step protocols for performing advanced emergency and critical care procedures."  (Midwest Book Reviews, 1 November 2012)

“Anybody, whether in emergency or general practice, who would like a quick reference practical book to improve their treatment of critical care and emergency patients will love this book.  At £79.99 it is good value for money given the huge content contained within it.”  (Veterinary Practice, 1 November 2012)

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0813813379
• ISBN 13: 9780813813370
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 888
• Editor: Burkitt Creedon Jamie M., Davis Harold