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: title: Historical overview and development / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Purpose of technical large animal emergency rescue / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Incident prevention and evacuation planning / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Understanding large animal behavior in TLAER incidents / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Technical large animal emergency rescue scene management / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Understanding large animal restraint in technical large animal rescue incidents / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Water and unstable ground rescues / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Loose large animals / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Trailer incidents / Tomas Gimenez and Rebecca Gimenez; title: Barn and wild fires / Jeff Galloway and Rebecca Gimenez; title: Ambulance and recumbent animal transport / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Communications in veterinary field operations / Kathleen Becker and Tori Miller; title: Field euthanasia / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Rope rigging and mechanical advantage / Tomas Gimenez; title: Manipulating the animal victim: basic rescue techniques / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Manipulating the object: vertical lift techniques / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Large animal field emergency medicine / Janice Baker; title: Helicopter operations / Rebecca Gimenez; title: Decontamination of large animals / Lisa Murphy, Dawn Slessman, and Bob Mauck; title: Special veterinary problems of animals requiring technical rescue / Janice Baker; title: Livestock transport emergency response / Jennifer Woods; title: Learning from actual incident scenarios / Tomas Gimenez and Rebecca Gimenez.