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Title:

Veterinary disaster response / [edited by] Wayne E. Wingfield, Sally B. Palmer.

Publisher:

VECCS/Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiv, 569 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Veterinary emergencies--Management.
Veterinary critical care--Management.

Other Authors:

Wingfield, Wayne E.
Palmer, Sally B., DVM.
Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

An introduction to the Incident Command system -- Leadership during a disaster -- Communications -- Basic map, compass, and global positional system skills -- Records and animal identification -- Veterinary risk assessment of the disaster site -- Risk communication and dealing with the media -- Biosecurity fundamentals for animal response personnel in a farm/livestock disaster -- Veterinary triage -- Introduction to weapons of mass destruction -- Zoonoses and zoonotic diseases -- Public health -- Hazardous materials -- Personal protective equipment -- Basic veterinary decontamination: who, what why? -- Wildlife handling -- Domestic animal handling -- Small animal first aid -- Large animal first aid -- Equine emergency sheltering -- Companion animal sheltering -- Disinfection of avian, large, and small animal facilities -- Pain management in veterinary disaster medicine -- Humane euthanasia of animals -- Carcass disposal following a veterinary disaster -- Elements of a disaster plan for animals -- Disaster planning for private practice -- Community animal emergency planning -- State response to veterinary disasters -- State animal and agricultural emergency programs (including State Animal Response Team [SART] programs and State Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps [VMRC]) -- Federal response to veterinary disasters -- Military role in veterinary disaster resonse -- Family versus business during a disaster -- Preparing your practice for an impending disaster -- Preparing the farm and animals for a disaster -- Noah's burden: a prolegomenon to the ethics of veterinary disaster response -- Care for the caregiver: psychological and emotiona factors in veterinary disaster response -- Disaster assistance for homeowners, renters, and business owners -- American Veterinary Medical Foundation: disaster assistance -- Emergency response contacts directory.

ISBN:

0813810140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813810140 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008040235

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)