Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses

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 and answers available for download at www.wiley.com/go/donohoenursing.

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

"This is an excellent book for veterinary technicians in training as well as those in practice who want to review certain aspects of fluid therapy. Overall, I highly recommend this book and plan to keep it in my hospital's library for review. " ( Journal of The American Veterinary Medical Association , 16 September 2012)

This book offers a very practical solution to the problems and questions related to the administration of fluids: which type, which rate, which route, what are the possible complications and how to deal with them. . " ( Vet Nurses Today , 1 April 2012)

"Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses provides veterinary support staff with key details on fluid therapy and covers everything from placement to monitoring of intravenous fluid therapies and possible complications. It s designed for easy use and covers the basics, supporting nursing information with a companion website reviewing questions and answers and providing even more illustrations. Technicians and any administering fluid therapy to animals will find this a powerful presentation and a must vet s reference." ( Midwest Book Review , 4 May 2012)

"The case studies, along with the questions and answers, enable readers to test their comprehension. Overall, this is a useful book for veterinary technicians." ( Doody's , 10 August 2012)