High Volume Spay and Neuter: A Safe and Time Efficient Approach E-Book

Introduction - How to Set Up the Surgery Suite for Maximum Efficiency. (Includes photos showing set-ups in mobile and stationary suites) - Suture Selection and Size for Maximum Safety. (Includes table showing characteristics on commonly used types of suture) - Suture Pattern Selection for Maximum Safety and Efficiency (Including illustrations of various patterns) - Maintaining Sterility (autoclaving, gowns, gloves, scrub, prep) - Prophylactic Antibiotics (considerations such as feral status, post-op environment, possible break in sterility during surgery) - How Order Of Surgical Patients Effects Efficiency - Patient Recovery (Multiple Patients At Once; ways to combat hypothermia, hypoglycemia, dehydration) - Post-Surgical Care At Home. (Take Home Instructions, Where will your emergencies go? E-collars, pain meds, tranquilizers) - Working Was a Team (Each team member has his/her job, consideration for each other=efficiency, how to be safely self-sufficient in surgery) - Large Canine Spay Surgery: Technique, Variations, Troubleshooting.* - Small Canine Spay Surgery: Technique, Variations, Troubleshooting.* - Standard Feline Spay Surgery: Technique, Variations, Troubleshooting.* - Auto-Ligation Feline Spay Surgery: Technique, Variations, Troubleshooting.* - Feline neuter surgery: technique, variations, troubleshooting.* - Ancillary Surgeries: (umbilical hernia repair, dewclaw removal) - What to do in the Case of Complications: (dropped pedicle or stump, incised spleen, incised bladder or bowel, internal bleeding post op) - Being Prepared for Major Complications: (cardiac arrest, spleen or kidney resection) - Tattooing Protocol and Rationale - Ergonomic Considerations and References Appendix