Emergency care is one of the most important areas of veterinary medicine. Building on the success of the bestselling first edition, the international editors and authors have revised and updated the Manual to reflect the continued growth in knowledge in this vital area. The Manual remains a highly practical resource. Foreword Preface 1 Triage of the emergency patient       Andrew J. Brown and Kenneth J. Drobatz 2 Vascular accessSophie Adamantos 3 Assessment and treatment of shockEmily Thomas and Elise Boller 4 Fluid therapyAmanda Boag and Dez Hughes 5 Electrolyte and acid base balanceAmanda Boag 6 Cardiovascular emergenciesJosé Novo Matos and Nuala Summerfield 7 General approach to respiratory distressLori S. Waddell and Lesley G. King 8 Renal and urinary tract emergenciesJonathan D. Foster and Karen Humm 9 Neurological emergenciesCharles Vite and Evelyn Galban 10 Ophthalmological emergenciesCristina Seruca and Debbie Mandell 11 Approach to gastrointestinal emergenciesGareth Buckley and Elizabeth Rozanski 12 Acute abdominal and gastrointestinal surgical emergenciesDavid Holt and Gareth Buckley 13 Haematological emergenciesRobert Goggs and Susan G. Hackner 14 Transfusion medicineGillian Gibson and Mary Beth Callan 15 Reproductive and paediatric emergenciesErica Reineke and Dan Lewis 16 Endocrine emergenciesBarbara J. Skelly 17 Acute management of orthopaedic and external soft tissue injuriesSorrel Langley-Hobbs and Matthew Pead 18 Dermatological emergenciesPetra Roosje 19 Toxicological emergenciesJonathan M. Babyak and Justine A. Lee 20 Cardiopulmonary resuscitationEdward Cooper and Manuel Boller 21 Anaesthesia, sedation and analgesia of the critical patientGiacomo Gianotti and Paulo Steagall 22 Nutritional support of the critical patientKathryn Michel 23 Bacterial infections in the critical patientIain Keir and Dawn Merton-Boothe 24 Imaging techniques for the critical patientAndrew Parry and Frances Barr 25 Team approach to the critically ill patient the role of the veterinary nurseEmily Savino and Lila Sierra