Pain management for veterinary technicians and nurses

Pain management for veterinary technicians and nurses / editor, Mary Ellen Goldberg ; consulting editor Nancy Shaffran.

Pain Management for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses guides readers through the important concepts of animal pain management, providing specific approaches to managing pain in a wide variety of veterinary conditions. Emphasizing the technician's role in advocating for the patient, the book equ...

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Other Authors: Goldberg, Mary Ellen (Editor), Shaffran, Nancy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015.
Subjects:
Pain in animals > Treatment.
Veterinary pharmacology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Pain in animals > Treatment
Veterinary pharmacology
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the companion website
  • Advancing veterinary pain management into a new era
  • Pain management careers for veterinary technicians and nurses
  • Pain recognition in companion species, horses, and livestock
  • Physiology of pain
  • Analgesic pharmacology
  • Locoregional analgesic blocking techniques
  • Surgical pain management
  • Analgesia for emergency and critical care patients
  • Chronic pain management for the companion animal
  • Analgesia for shelter medicine and Trap-Neuter-Return programs
  • Analgesia in equine practice
  • Analgesia for livestock and camelids
  • Analgesia in exotic animals
  • Analgesia for zoo animal and wildlife practice
  • Nutritional considerations for pain management in dogs and cats
  • Physical rehabilitation and the veterinary technician
  • The veterinary technician in alternative therapies
  • Pain management for end-of-life care
  • Appendixes : A. Formulary
  • B. Constant rate infusions
  • C. Critical care case studies
  • D. Routine care protocols
  • E. Key signs of pain according to chapters of text
  • F. Further reading
  • Index.

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