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Quick reference guide to veterinary medical kits / Carole Bowden, Jo Masters.
LIBRA SF774.5 .B68 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Carole, VN
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinary nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Veterinary nursing.
- Animal health--Equipment and supplies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Animal health.
- Medical supplies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical supplies.
- Veterinary Medicine--methods.
- Animal Diseases--nursing.
- Equipment and Supplies--veterinary.
- Animal health--Equipment and supplies.
- Medical Subjects:
- Veterinary Medicine--methods.
- Animal Diseases--nursing.
- Equipment and Supplies--veterinary.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Veterinary medical kits
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth Heinemann, 2003.
- Summary:
- A title in the veterinary Quick Reference Guides series, this resource provides correct equipment layouts for the majority of veterinary procedures, from those most commonly performed to those less frequently used. The well-illustrated text clearly displays layouts in a visually accessible format that is ideal for use in any clinical setting. Self-test quizzes and safety hints and tips reinforce essential information. Quick access format helps ensure that readers have the right equipment available for quality care, no matter what the procedure. Books in the series cover all types of veterinary procedures: surgical, medical, radiology, laboratory, etc. Quick quizzes are included as an additional learning tool. Safety information relevant to the content is provided.
- Contents:
- 1 General medical nursing 1
- Records 1
- Prevention of the spread of disease
- terminology 7
- 3 General medical nursing 8
- Hygiene requirements 8
- Basic hygiene protocols 8
- 4 Medical nursing kits 13
- Examination kits 13
- Restraint aids 13
- Temperature, pulse and respiration 15
- In-patient care 17
- First aid kits 19
- Airway 19
- Breathing 23
- Circulatory support kit 25
- Shock support kit 27
- Wound treatment kit 29
- Bandage and splinting kits 31
- Basic dressing and bandaging kit 31
- Robert Jones bandage 33
- Splinting kit 35
- Casting kit 37
- Fluid therapy kits 39
- Intravenous access catheter placement kit 39
- Fluid infusion kit 41
- Blood collection kit 43
- Blood transfusion administration kit 45
- Assisted feeding kits 47
- Syringe feeding kit 47
- Tube feeding kit 49
- Naso-oesophageal tube placement kit 49
- Pharyngostomy tube placement kit 51
- Gastrotomy tube placement kit 53
- Calculation 54
- Fluid deficit and maintenance requirements 54
- Calculation of drip rate 54
- Calculation of energy requirements 55
- Calculation of food quantities to be administered 56
- Drug percentage solutions 57
- Drug dosage calculation 57
- Urinary catheterization kits 59
- Dog catheterization kit 59
- Bitch catheterization kit 61
- Tom cat catheterization kit 63
- Queen catheterization kit 63
- Urine collection and monitoring kit 65
- Aspiration of fluids 67
- Cystocentesis, paracentesis, thoracocentesis kits 67
- Peritoneal dialysis kit 69
- Enema administration kit 71
- Collection of samples 73
- Blood sample collection kit 73
- Urine sample collection kit 75
- Faecal sample collection kit 77
- Skin scrape kit 79
- Pustules sample kit 81
- Hair sampling kit 83
- Cerebrospinal fluid collection kit 85
- Diagnostic procedure kits 87
- Electrocardiography kit 87
- Endoscopy kit 89
- Ultrasonography kit 91.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [97]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750649593
- OCLC:
- 51648314
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