Small Animal Bandaging, Casting, and Splinting Techniques is a well-illustrated how-to manual covering common bandaging methods used to support and manage both soft tissue and orthopedic conditions in small animal patients. This highly practical book offers step-by-step procedures with accompanying photographs to aid in the secure and effective application of bandages, casts, and splints, with coverage encompassing indications, aftercare, advantages, and potential complications for each technique. Small Animal Bandaging, Casting, and Splinting Techniques is an indispensable guide for busy veterinary technicians and nurses, as well as veterinarians and veterinary students.
Autorentext
Steven Swaim, DVM, is a professor emeritus at Auburn
University.
Walter Renberg, DVM, DACVS, is an associate professor at
Kansas State University
Kathy Shike, RVT, is a veterinary technician supervisor
at Kansas State University.
Klappentext
Small Animal Bandaging, Casting and Splinting Techniques is a well-illustrated how-to manual covering common bandaging methods used to support and manage both soft tissue and orthopedic conditions in small animal patients. This very practical book offers step-by-step procedures with accompanying photographs to aid in the secure and effective application of bandages, casts, and splints. Coverage includes indications, aftercare, advantages, and potential complications for each technique.
Small Animal Bandaging, Casting and Splinting Techniques is an indispensable guide for busy veterinary technicians and nurses, as well as veterinarians and veterinary students.
Key features
- Provides a practical how-to reference for effectively using bandages, casts, and splints on small animals
- Illustrates proper techniques through step-by-step photographs
- Covers indications, aftercare, advantages, and potential complications
- Includes both soft tissue and orthopedic considerations
Zusammenfassung
Small Animal Bandaging, Casting, and Splinting Techniques is a well-illustrated how-to manual covering common bandaging methods used to support and manage both soft tissue and orthopedic conditions in small animal patients. This highly practical book offers step-by-step procedures with accompanying photographs to aid in the secure and effective application of bandages, casts, and splints, with coverage encompassing indications, aftercare, advantages, and potential complications for each technique. Small Animal Bandaging, Casting, and Splinting Techniques is an indispensable guide for busy veterinary technicians and nurses, as well as veterinarians and veterinary students.
Inhalt
Mission Statement xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Chapter 1 Basics of Bandaging, Casting, and Splinting 3
Bandaging 3
Purposes and functions of a bandage 3
Components of a bandage 4
Primary-contact layer 4
Highly absorptive dressings 4
Gauze dressings 4
Hypertonic saline dressings 5
Calcium alginate dressings 5
Copolymer starch dressings 5
Moisture-retentive dressings 5
Polyurethane foam dressings 6
Polyurethane film dressings 6
Hydrogel dressings 7
Hydrocolloid dressings 7
Nonadherent semiocclusive dressings 7
Antimicrobial dressings 8
Extracellular matrix bioscaffold dressings 8
Secondary-intermediate layer 9
Tertiary-outer layer 9
Special considerations in bandaging, casting, and splinting 10
Frequency of changes 10
Security 10
Pressure relief 11
Joint immobilization 11
Maceration and excoriation 12
Need for sedation or anesthesia during bandage change 12
Casts and splints 13
General information 13
Purposes and functions of casts and splints 13
Materials 13
Splint rods 13
Commercial splints 13
Plastic splinting material 13
Stockinette 13
Casting tapes 14
Chapter 2 Head and Ear Bandages 15
Emergency ear bandage 15
Indications 15
Technique 15
Aftercare 16
Advantages and complications 16
Basic head and ear bandage 16
Indications 16
Technique 16
Aftercare 22
Advantages and complications 23
Chapter 3 Thoracic, Abdominal, and Pelvic Bandages 25
Thoracic, abdominal bandages 25
Circumferential thoracic, abdominal bandage 25
Indications 25
Technique 26
Aftercare 29
Advantages and complications 29
Windowed thoracic, abdominal bandage 29
Indications 29
Technique 29
Aftercare 29
Advantages and complications 29
Thoracic, abdominal tie-over bandage 29
Indications 29
Technique 30
Aftercare 31
Advantages and complications 31
Pelvic bandages 32
Circumferential pelvic bandage 32
Indications 32
Technique 33
Aftercare 35
Advantages and complications 35
Windowed pelvic bandage 36
Indications 36
Technique 36
Aftercare 38
Advantages and complications 38
Pelvic tie-over bandage 39
Indications 39
Technique 39
Aftercare 39
Advantages and complications 39
Pelvic extension splints 39
Indications 39
Technique 40
Aftercare 41
Advantages and complications 41
Chapter 4 Extremity Bandages, Casts, and Splints 43
Tail bandages 43
Indications 43
Technique 44
Aftercare 47
Advantages and complications 47
Forelimb bandages, casts, and splints 47
Basic soft padded limb bandage 47
Indications 48
Technique 48
Aftercare 54
Bandage removal 54
Bandage replacement 55
Advantages and complications 55
Interdigital and interpad areas 55
Primary bandage layer 56
Secondary bandage layer 56
Tertiary bandage layer 56
Basic paw and distal limb bandage 56
Indications 56
Technique 56
Interdigital/interpad areas 56
Primary bandage layer, donut pads, and stirrups 58
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