Technical large animal emergency rescue
By: Rebecca Gimenez, Tomas Gimenez, Kimberly A. May.
Contributors: Gimenez, Tomas.; May, Kimberly Anne.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780813819983
Subjects: Veterinary emergencies.; Animal rescue.; Domestic animals.; Animals, Domestic.; Emergencies -- veterinary.; Rescue Work -- methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-380) and index.
Table of contents: value: Historical overview and development / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Purpose of technical large animal emergency rescue / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Incident prevention and evacuation planning / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Understanding large animal behavior in TLAER incidents / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Technical large animal emergency rescue scene management / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Understanding large animal restraint in technical large animal rescue incidents / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Water and unstable ground rescues / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Loose large animals / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Trailer incidents / Tomas Gimenez and Rebecca Gimenez; value: Barn and wild fires / Jeff Galloway and Rebecca Gimenez; value: Ambulance and recumbent animal transport / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Communications in veterinary field operations / Kathleen Becker and Tori Miller; value: Field euthanasia / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Rope rigging and mechanical advantage / Tomas Gimenez; value: Manipulating the animal victim: basic rescue techniques / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Manipulating the object: vertical lift techniques / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Large animal field emergency medicine / Janice Baker; value: Helicopter operations / Rebecca Gimenez; value: Decontamination of large animals / Lisa Murphy, Dawn Slessman, and Bob Mauck; value: Special veterinary problems of animals requiring technical rescue / Janice Baker; value: Livestock transport emergency response / Jennifer Woods; value: Learning from actual incident scenarios / Tomas Gimenez and Rebecca Gimenez.