Lesley G. King, MVB, DipACVECC, DipACVIM, graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin in 1986. Following a residency in small animal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, she remained on staff in the Intensive Care Unit as a Professor of Critical Care and Director of the Intensive Care Unit. Lesley was a founding Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Medicine, and also served as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.

Amanda Boag, MA, VetMB, DipECVECC, DipACVECC, DipACVIM, FHEA, MRCVS, graduated from Cambridge University. She undertook further clinical training at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Pennsylvania and is Board certified in both internal medicine and emergency and critical (ECC) care. She was a lecturer in ECC at the RVC from 2003-2008, until she took up the post of Clinical Director at Vets Now where she has responsibility for clinical and professional standards across 55 emergency clinics and three 24-hour hospitals. Amanda is the Founding President of the European College of Veterinary ECC, is an elected RCVS Council member and is currently Vice President of the RCVS.

Foreword

Preface

1 Triage of the emergency patient
Andrew J. Brown and Kenneth J. Drobatz

2 Vascular access
Sophie Adamantos

3 Assessment and treatment of shock
Emily Thomas and Elise Boller

4 Fluid therapy
Amanda Boag and Dez Hughes

5 Electrolyte and acid-base balance
Amanda Boag

6 Cardiovascular emergencies
José Novo Matos and Nuala Summerfield

7 General approach to respiratory distress
Lori S. Waddell and Lesley G. Kingi

8 Renal and urinary tract emergencies
Jonathan D. Foster and Karen Humm

9 Neurological emergencies
Charles Vite and Evelyn Galban

10 Ophthalmological emergencies
Cristina Seruca and Debbie Mandell

11 Approach to gastrointestinal emergencies
Gareth Buckley and Elizabeth Rozanski

12 Acute abdominal and gastrointestinal surgical emergencies
David Holt and Gareth Buckley

13 Haematological emergencies
Robert Goggs and Susan G. Hackner

14 Transfusion medicine
Gillian Gibson and Mary Beth Callan

15 Reproductive and paediatric emergencies
Erica Reineke and Dan Lewis

16 Endocrine emergencies
Barbara J. Skelly

17 Acute management of orthopaedic and external soft tissue injuries
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs and Matthew Pead

18 Dermatological emergencies
Petra Roosje

19 Toxicological emergencies
Jonathan M. Babyak and Justine A. Lee

20 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Edward Cooper and Manuel Boller

21 Anaesthesia, sedation and analgesia of the critical patient
Giacomo Gianotti and Paulo Steagall

22 Nutritional support of the critical patient
Kathryn Michel

23 Bacterial infections in the critical patient
Iain Keir and Dawn Merton-Boothe

24 Imaging techniques for the critical patient
Andrew Parry and Frances Barr

25 Team approach to the critically ill patient - the role of the veterinary nurse
Emily Savino and Lila Sierra