Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Veterinarian

by Signe J. Plunkett

Book Overview

The second edition of the hugely successful Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Veterinarian gives vets all the information they need to form a diagnosis quickly and accurately, establish a prognosis and recommend treatment for a patient suffering an illness, injury or toxic event.

Easy-to-read bullet-point text gives quick access to the most essential information needed to treat emergency cases quickly and efficiently. Extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702024872
• ISBN13: 9780702024870
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Saunders Ltd.
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Needed for emergency vets

Great book for an emergency practice or just to review the occasional emergency problem. Definitely worth buying. Also, worth updating from the first edition.

This is THE Emergency Book to Own

Practical, concise and to the point, easy to find what you need and reasonably priced. Need I say more?

Just get it!

I had the first edition; it was very good. This is a different book; much better. Tiny letters, no drawings, 574 pages, information on virtually every emergency you can think of. And good information, right to the point, no words wasted. It reviews 99 emergency syndromes in dogs or cats, 40 intoxications, and emergencies in 14 different exotic pets (including fish). Every item includes at least diagnosis, prognosis , and treatment, and has all the details and alternatives that you may need in an emergency situation. There is a certain amount af repetition but this allows one to use any chapter with complete independence from the others (that is what you want in an emergency). Not all syndromes may be real emergencies, but all need some quick medical response, and this books makes them easier and (I am sure) better. When I face an emergency, just feeling this book next to me is reassuring. Bravo, Signe, you wrote a great book and made a big favor to our profession!

The best of the best

This book represents a milestone for small animal emergencies. When you have a dog or a cat dying in front of you, there is no time for complicated explanations, you need an answer RIGHT AWAY!!! This book -believe it or not- is very fun to read, I read the whole thing in 3 or 4 days. I greatly recommend it !!!

I've worn this book out!

Almost every day someone in the practice grabs this book from the shelf and invariably it contains the information they require. It is practical, accurate and concise - not much point in an emergency book which takes 20 pages to cover each topic! It lives in the real world repeatedly pointing out that it might be advisable to inform clients about cost and prognosis before going ahead with risky and expensive procedures. And there is so much more than emergency procedures in here - lists of drug dosages, brief overviews of exotic animals, fomulae - and every topic in short sharp style. I'll soon buy a new one as my current copy is stuck with tape and held together by an elastic band. Not ten out of ten though - it could usefully be published in a more robust form