Immediate consideration of the patient's major body systems should be performed; this involves assessment of the ABC's — airway, breathing and circulation. These parameters should be examined in all...
Most of the wounds seen in veterinary practice are as a result of trauma. The initial triage and assessment of trauma patients focuses on the major body organ systems; the ‘ABCD’ of triage focuses on...
A multi-modal approach to analgesia should be selected in the bite wound patient, the first line analgesic of choice being an opioid, either pure agonist, such as methadone or morphine, or a partial...
Portner and Johnson (2010) highlight that there is a substantial amount of information and recommendations regarding incidence and control of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections in the human...