Anaesthesia for Veterinary Nurses

✍ Scribed by Liz Welsh

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 410
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

General veterinary collections from libraries to practicing vet references will find Liz Welsh does an excellent editing job in ANAESTHESIA FOR VETERINARY NURSES, a survey written specifically for veterinary nurses by veterinary nurses and surgeons. Coverage of the range of physiological and pharmacological aspects of anesthesia have been fully updated and reflect the latest changes to veterinary nursing.

✦ Table of Contents

Anaesthesia for Veterinary Nurses, Second edition......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1: The Role of the Veterinary Nurse in Anaesthesia......Page 11
2: Physiology Relevant to Anaesthesia......Page 29
3: Preoperative Assessment and Preparation of the Patient......Page 49
4: Anaesthetic Machines and Ventilators......Page 71
5: Breathing Systems and Airway Management......Page 100
6: Anaesthetic Drugs......Page 131
7: Analgesia......Page 172
8: Intravenous Access and Fluid Therapy......Page 201
9: Monitoring the Anaesthetised Patient......Page 243
10: Nursing the Patient in Recovery......Page 277
11: Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation and Other Emergencies......Page 306
12: Rabbits, Ferrets and Rodent Anaesthesia......Page 327
13: Avian Anaesthesia......Page 346
14: Reptile Anaesthesia......Page 364
15: Large Animal Anaesthesia......Page 382
Index......Page 399