Full Description
Veterinary Disaster Medicine: Working Animals is a comprehensive guide to providing first aid to service dogs and horses. Covering both common and uncommon injuries ranging from exercise-related myopathy to bomb blasts, chemical injury, and biological agents, the book provides information necessary for triage, diagnosing, and treating service animals in the aftermath of a disaster. Presented in an easy-to-use outline format, Veterinary Disaster Medicine offers guidance for the veterinary medical responder prior to and following a disaster.
With chapters including first aid, triage, weapons of mass destruction, radiation injury, pathogens, and euthanasia, the book presents essential information for many potential disaster scenarios. Veterinary Disaster Medicine appeals to veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, search and rescue personnel, and emergency response teams.
Contents
Contributors ix
Introduction xi
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM; Sherrie L. Nash, MS, DVM; Sally B. Palmer, DVM; and Jerry J. Upp, DVM, EMT
1. First Aid for Working Dogs 3
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM
2. First Aid for Working Horses 35
Sally B. Palmer, DVM
3. Veterinary Triage 79
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM and Sally B. Palmer, DVM
4. Bomb Blasts and Explosives 91
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM
5. Working Animal Preparation for Weapons of Mass Destruction Threats 103
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM
6. Chemical Injury to Working Animals 113
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM
7. Radiological Events 137
Jerry J. Upp, DVM, EMT
8. Biological Agents as Weapons of Mass Destruction 149
Sherrie L. Nash, MS, DVM
9. Selected Animal Pathogens 193
Sherrie L. Nash, MS, DVM
10. Veterinary Euthanasia 269
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM
Emergency Response Contacts Directory 287
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM
Index 293
