Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critically ill small animals -- Skill of observation and interpretation -- Basic monitoring of the emergency and critical care patient -- Patient's lifeline: intravenous catheter -- Fluid therapy -- Small animal transfusion medicine -- Nutritional support for the critically ill patient -- Oxygen therapy techniques -- Mechanical ventilation -- Pain assessment and treatment -- Anesthesia in the critically ill or injured animal -- Isolation techniques in clinical practice -- Emergency care for small animals -- Management of the patient in shock -- Cardiopulmonary cerebrovascular resuscitation -- Trauma -- Hematologic emergencies -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Metabolic and endrocrine emergencies -- Urologic emergencies -- Reproductive emergencies -- Ocular emergencies -- Neurologic system emergencies -- Toxicologic emergencies -- Avian and exotic emergencies -- Disaster medicine -- Practice management -- The art of scheduling -- Risk management and the emergency veterinary technician.