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"Veterinary Technicians play a vital role in the recognition of pain, building and suggesting pain plans, and advocating for the patient to receive optimal care. In order to provide this service, the caregiver (veterinarian, veterinary technician/nurse, and veterinary assistant) must understand pain physiology, basic pharmacology of pain medications, and strategies for application in acute, chronic, and neuropathic pain states. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive guide to understanding and treating pain in animals, thoroughly explaining the concepts of pain physiology and management and offering proven approaches to managing pain in a wide variety of situation. The book not only cover small animals, but expand to cover horses, lab animals, and some elephants and zoo species. Currently there is one book on pain management aimed at the nurse/technician level available, but it is heavily focused on vet nurses outside the US. For techs in the US, information can largely be found as a chapter in general nursing books. The topic of pain management represents a gap in our veterinary list as a whole, and this project would complement our anesthesia titles (including Welsh, Bryant, and the upcoming Shelby book- all technician anesthesia books) well. It will appeal to vet techs in general practice as well as specialists, particularly those with an anesthesia or ECC specialty. It also has the potential to appeal to veterinary students are vets in general practice"--
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About the Companion Website
Chapter 1 Advancing Veterinary Pain Management into a New Era
Chapter 2 Pain Management Career Options for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses
Chapter 3 Physiology of Pain & Emotional Expression in Animals
Chapter 4 Integrating Pain Recognition & Scoring
Chapter 5 Analgesic Pharmacology
Chapter 6 Locoregional Analgesic Blocking Techniques
Chapter 7 Acute Pain Management
Chapter 8 Pain Management for C-sections and Neonates
Chapter 9 Analgesia for Emergency and Critical Care Patients
Chapter 10 Analgesia in Equine Practice
Chapter 11 Analgesia for Food and Fiber Species
Chapter 12 Analgesia in Exotic & Laboratory Animals
Chapter 13 Analgesia for Zoo Animal and Wildlife Practice
Chapter 14 Analgesia for Shelter Medicine and Trap-Neuter-Return Programs
Chapter 15 Chronic Pain Management
Chapter 16 Physical Rehabilitation
Chapter 17 Integrative Therapies
Chapter 18 Pain Management for End-of-Life Care & Oncology
Chapter 19 Creating Pain Management Protocols
Appendices
Appendix A: Formulary
Appendix B: Continuous Rate Infusions Example Calculations
Index
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Stephen Niño Cital, RVT, RLAT, SRA, CVPP, VTS-LAM, is a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Research Anesthesia and Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner. He is a Lab Manager for Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Stanford University and is an administrator for the Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds, LLC. Stephen is also a partner at Remedy Veterinary Specialists leading the pain service in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Tasha McNerney, CVT, CVPP, VTS, is a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia and Analgesia and a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner. She is a board member of the International Academy of Pain Management and founder of Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds. She is the Training Director at a large specialty referral hospital in the Philadelphia area.
Darci Palmer, BS, LVT, VTS, is a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia and Analgesia and a Clinical Teaching Specialist at Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine. She is Executive Secretary for the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia and Administrator for Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds. She works as a private consultant, author, and lecturer in Auburn, AL.
