Equine Emergencies

• PART 1: EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DIAGNOSTICS

  Section I: Important Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures for Emergency Care

  1. Blood Collection

  2. Medication Administration and Alternative Methods of Drug Administration

  3. Intravenous Catheter Selection, Sites for Placement and Maintenance

  4. Venous Cutdown

  5. Intraosseous and Regional Perfusion

  6. Biopsy Techniques

  7. Hyperbaric Oxygen Indications in Emergencies

  8. Alternative Therapies in Emergencies: Acupuncture

  Section II: Emergency Imaging, Endoscopy, Laboratory Diagnostics and Monitoring

  9. Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Diagnostic Samples

  10. Critical and Emergency Care Monitoring Techniques

  11. Cytology

  12. Emergency Diagnostic Endoscopy

  13. Gene Testing

  14. Imaging Techniques and Indications for the Emergency Patient

  15. Laboratory Tests and Point of Care Diagnostics

  PART 2: EMERGENCY EXAMINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ORGAN SYSTEMS

  Section I: Body and Organ Systems

  16. Blood Coagulation Disorders

  17. Cardiovascular System

  18. Gastrointestinal System

  19. Integumentary System

  20. Liver Failure, Anemia and Blood Transfusion

  21. Musculoskeletal System

  22. Nervous System

  23. Ophthalmology

  24. Reproduction System

  25. Respiratory System

  26. Urinary System

  Section II: Pregnancy, Perinatal/Neonatal Period

  27. Monitoring the Pregnant Mare

  28. Emergency Foaling

  29. Foal Resuscitation

  30. Perinatology

  31. Neonatology

  Section III: Shock, Temperature Related Problems, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Muti-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

  32. Shock, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)

  33. Temperature Related Problems: Hypothermia and Hyperthermia

  PART 3: TOXICOLOGY

  34. Toxicology

  PART 4: SPECIAL PROBLEM EMERGENCIES

  Section I: Special Problems

  35. Burns, Acute Soft Tissue Swellings. Pigeon Fever

  36. Caring for the Down Horse

  37. Disaster Medicine

  38. Diseases Unique to Donkeys and Miniature Horses

  39. Diseases Unique to Draft Horses

  40. Emergency Diseases Unique to Countries Outside the Continental United States

  41. Flood Injury

  42. Foot Injuries

  43. Laminitis

  44. Orthopedic Emergencies of the Racing Athlete

  45. Snake Envenomination

  46. Thoracic Trauma

  Section II: Anesthesia

  47. Anesthesia for Out-of-Hospital Emergencies

  48. Euthanasia/Humane Destruction

  49. Pain Management

  Section III: Nutrition

  50. Approach to the Feed and Starvation Emergency

  51. Nutritional Guidelines for the Injured, Hospitalized and Postsurgical Patient

  Section IV: Biosecurity

  52. Contagious and Zoonotic Diseases

  53. Standard Precautions and Infectious Disease Management

  APPENDICES

  1: Commonly Used Formulas and Calculations in Emergency Care

  2: Important Equivalents and Conversions for Clinical Practice

  3: Miscellaneous Charts and Tables Useful in Clinical Practice

  4: Reference Values

  5: Clinical Pharmacology and Emergency Drug Facts

  A. Emergency Drugs, Recommended Dosages and Adverse Drug Events

  B. Drugs for Specific Emergencies, Protocols and Clinical Situations

• Antibiotics - Concentration Dependent vs. Time Dependent Drugs

C. Adverse Drug Events and Management

D. Clinical Signs and Overdose Response of Commonly Used Medications and

Recommended Treatments

INDEX