Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing (eBook)

Paul Aldridge BVSc Cert SAS MRCVS Paul is senior surgeon at Petmedics in Manchester; a hospital based practice that hosts the largest out of hours emergency service in the UK, dividing his time between emergency cases and surgical referrals. He is keenly involved in the provision of CPD on emergency medicine and surgery to both veterinary surgeons and nurses. His clinical interests include all aspect of emergency surgery, but particularly the management of multiple trauma patients. Louise O'Dwyer MBA BSc (Hons) VTS (ECC) Dip AVN (Medical) Dip AVN (Surgical) RVN Louise gained her Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Surgical) in 2004 followed by her Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Medical) in 2007 and Veterinary Technician Specialist (Emergency and Critical Care) in 2011. She has contributed to over 20 journal articles and books and lectures regularly on all aspects of emergency and critical care. She worked as Head Nurse for PetMedics in Manchester the largest emergency clinic in the UK for the past 10 years, and is now Clinical Director. Louise's interests include all aspects of emergency care but particularly trauma and respiratory patients, as well as infection control and wound management.

Preface vi

1 Triage and Assessment of the Emergency Patient 1

2 Monitoring the Critical Patient 9

3 Vascular Access 17

4 'Shock' and Intravenous Fluid Therapy 29

5 Blood Gas, Acid-Base Analysis and Electrolyte
Abnormalities 41

6 Analgesia and Anaesthesia of the Emergency and Critical
Patient 52

7 Practical Laboratory Techniques 63

8 Techniques for Oxygen Supplementation 76

9 Nursing the Dyspnoeic Patient 86

10 Nursing the Cardiac Patient 97

11 Nursing the Acute Abdomen Patient 109

12 Nursing Urinary Tract Emergencies 123

13 Nursing the Poisoned Patient 133

14 Nursing the Trauma Patient 144

15 Nursing the Reproductive Patient 155

16 Small Animal Critical Care and Hospitalised Patient Nutrition
163

17 Nursing the Emergency Ophthalmology Patient 181

18 Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation 189

19 Nursing Considerations in the Critical Patient 198

Index 209

"Whether working in a "traditional" clinic or
in a specialised ICU, the contribution of nurses to the management
of emergencies is invaluable." (Vet Nurses
Today, 1 July 2013)

"Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing
provides a fine, step-by-step guide to key emergency procedures and
nursing care and teaches how to handle injuries and therapies
associated with critical care. Color photos of real life cases
accompany step-by-step discussions of procedures and skills needed,
offering a valuable reference written by a veterinary nurse and a
veterinary surgeon who here work together to explore the most
common care scenarios and special needs. This is a solid,
real-world reference any veterinary collection must
have." (Midwest Book Review, 1 June 2013)

"Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing"
is a scholarly and core addition to any college collection focusing
on high level veterinary care." (Bookwatch, 1
April 2013)