Quick reference guide based on the protocol of primary assessment and the most frequent pathologies in each section. The goal of the work is to put within reach of veterinarians a small book, including essential information that they can always keep handy to make the consultation time more profitable, especially in the stressful moments of the emergency clinic.

The Author

Carlos Torrente Artero

Carlos Artero received his veterinary degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 1995 and performed an internship at the UAB Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 1996. He obtained a master’s degree in veterinary medicine and animal health in 2009 and a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine in 2014, both from the UAB. He has been director of the Postgraduate Programme in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care of the UAB since 2015.

He worked in private practice with a focus on emergency and critical care until 2006, the year he became an associate professor in the Animal Medicine and Surgery Department of the UAB School of Veterinary Medicine and director of the Emergency and Critical Care Unit at the UAB Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

He has performed residencies and received specialty training at various universities and private referral centers in Europe, the United States, and Canada. He is currently a member of IVECCS (International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society), a member of the Member Relations Committee for Standards of Practice of EVECCS (European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society), and associate editor of the Journal LAVECCS (Latin-American Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society).

He has written several publications and delivered conference presentations and lectures, both in Spain and internationally, in his areas of interest: acid-base alterations, hemodynamic regulation, and ventilator management of critical patients. In 2011, he and Lluis Bosch jointly published Small Animal Emergency Medicine, Volumes I and II (Editorial Servet).

Table of contents:

1. Triage and initial assessment

Remote triage

In-person triage

Primary assessment

Secondary assessment

2. Cardiovascular emergencies

Hypovolaemic shock

Cardiopulmonary arrest

Congestive heart failure

Arrhythmias

3. Respiratory emergencies

Upper airway obstruction

Allergic bronchitis/feline asthma

Pneumonia

Pleural space diseases

4. Haematological emergencies

Anaemia

Coagulopathies

5. Gastrointestinal emergencies

Gastric dilatation-volvulus

Acute pancreatitis

6. Urological emergencies

Acute renal failure

Feline urethral obstruction

7. Neurological emergencies

Seizures

Cranioencephalic trauma (CET)

8. Metabolic emergencies

Addisonian crisis

Diabetic ketoacidosis

9. Reproductive emergencies

Dystocia

Pyometra

10. Environmental emergencies

Heat stroke

Hypothermia