Table of Contents:
  • Triage of the emergency patient
  • Vascular access
  • Assessment and treatment of shock
  • Fluid therapy
  • Electrolyte and acid-base balance
  • Cardiovascular emergencies
  • General approach to respiratory distress
  • Renal and urinary tract emergencies
  • Neurological emergencies
  • Ophthalmological emergencies
  • Approach to gastrointestinal emergencies
  • Acute abdominal and gastrointestinal surgical emergencies
  • Haematological emergencies
  • Transfusion medicine
  • Reproductive and paediatric emergencies
  • Endocrine emergencies
  • Acute management of orthopaedic and external soft tissue injuries
  • Dermatological emergencies
  • Toxicological emergencies
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Anaesthesia, sedation and analgesia of the critical patient
  • Nutritional support of the critical patient
  • Bacterial infections in the critical patient
  • Imaging techniques for the critical patient
  • Team approach to the critically patient : the role of the veterinary nurse.