Donohoe Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-29250-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses providesveterinary support staff with essential information onadministering fluid therapy. Encompassing catheterplacement, monitoring of intravenous fluid therapy, long-term fluidtherapy, intravenous nutrition, equipment, and potentialcomplications, the book supports the reader in obtaining andmaintaining intravenous access, monitoring patient responses, andreacting to changes in the patient's condition. Withcomplete coverage of the principles and procedures, FluidTherapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses offers both asolid grounding in the fundamentals and more advanced informationfor experienced technician.
Designed for ease of use, each chapter begins with the basics,giving a thorough foundation of information, and then moves intomore advanced information, with potential nursing concerns andcomplications highlighted within the text. A companion websiteoffers images from the book in PowerPoint and review questions andanswers for download at www.wiley.com/go/donohoenursing. Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is auseful resource for experienced veterinary technicians and vet techstudents alike.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donohoe, Charlotte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
1 Body Water 3
2 Patient Assessment 15
3 Routes of Administration 35
4 Fluid Pumps and Tools of Administration 67
5 Calculating Rates of Administration 87
6 Patient Monitoring 107
7 Complications of Fluid Therapy 135
8 Fluid Types 149
9 Fluid Selection 167
10 Parenteral Nutrition 179
11 Blood Transfusions and Blood Component Therapy 195
Appendix: Answers to Review Questions 221
Index 227
PowerPoint documents of figures and PDFs of questions andanswers available for download at www.wiley.com/go/donohoenursing.

Über Autor(innen)

Charlotte Donohoe, RVT, VTS (ECC), is an Emergency and Critical Care Service technician at the University of Guelph's Ontario Veterinary College Teaching Hospital.