Manual of Trauma Management in the Dog and Cat

by Drobatz, Kenneth J.; Beal, Matthew W.; Syring, Rebecca S.

• ISBN13: 9780470958315
• ISBN10: 0470958316
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-21
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Manual of Trauma Management in the Dog and Cat provides quick access to clinically relevant information on stabilizing,diagnosing, and managing the trauma patient. Taking an outline format for ease of use in the emergency setting, the book offers techniques for stabilizing the trauma patient and concrete advice on treating a variety of specific conditions and injuries. Manual of Trauma Management in the Dog and Cat is a useful handbook to handling the common presenting complaint of trauma for general practitioners and emergency specialists alike.

Author Biography

Kenneth J. Drobatz, DVM, MSCE, DACVIM, DACVECC, is Professor and Chief of the Section of Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine as well as Director of Emergency Services.

Matthew W. Beal, DVM, DACVECC, is an Associate Professor of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine and Director of Interventional Radiology Services at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.

Rebecca S. Syring, DVM, DACVECC, is a Staff Veterinarian in the Section of Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributor List

Global Approach to the Trauma Patient

Triage and Primary Survey

Shock in the Trauma Patient

Monitoring of the Trauma Patient

Anesthesia and Analgesia for the Trauma Patient

Trauma Associated Thoracic Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury

Trauma Associated Peripheral Nerve Injury

Traumatic Spinal Injury

Urinary Tract Trauma

Trauma Associated Abdominal Parenchymal Organ Injury

Trauma Associated Biliary Tract Injury

Trauma Associated Body Wall and Torso Injury

Trauma Associated Gastrointestinal Injury

Trauma Associated Ocular Injury

TraumaâÇôAssociated Musculoskeletal Injury to the Head

TraumaâÇôAssociated Soft Tissue Injury to the Head and Neck

Trauma Associated Musculoskeletal Injury to the Appendicular Skeleton

Trauma Associated Musculoskeletal Injury to the Pelvis, Sacrum and Tail

Bite Wound Trauma

Trauma Associated Aural Injury

Index

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