Veterinary Technician's Manual for Small Animal Emergency and
Critical Care January 2012, ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell Coverage
focuses on dogs and cats, with special considerations for
handling exotic and avian emergencies covered in a dedicated
chapter. This in-depth material in an easy-to-navigate format is
an essential resource for veterinary technicians and assistants,
emergency and critical care veterinary technician specialists,
and veterinary technician students. Section 1: Initial Patient
Management 1: Triage and Initial Assessment of the Emergency
Patient 5 Amy N. Breton 2: Shock and Initial Stabilization 25 3:
Venous Access 45 Kara B. Trent 4: Monitoring the Critical
Patient 63 5: Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation 83
Christopher L. Norkus Section 2: Specifi c Organ System
Disorders 6: Cardiovascular Emergencies 101 Christopher L.
Norkus 7: Respiratory Emergencies 127 Dana Heath and Lori Baden
Atkins 8: Gastrointestinal Emergencies 151 9: Urogenital
Emergencies 177 Andrea M. Steele 10: Endocrine and