Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Definitive Treatment of Limb Fractures With Splints or Casts
Veterinarians must preserve their knowledge and skills in the “art” of utilizing splints and casts for limb fracture treatment. Learn the keys to successful use of coaptation as a definitive fracture treatment.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
First Aid/Temporary Immobilization of Limb Fractures With Bandages and Splints
In cases of traumatic fracture or luxation, temporary limb immobilization improves patient comfort, controls regional soft tissue swelling, and provides a protective covering for open wounds.
Soft Tissue Surgery
Placement and Management: Jackson-Pratt Closed Active Suction Drain
Drains are placed in wounds to evacuate fluid that would otherwise accumulate due to dead space, inflammation, infection, and/or necrosis.
Wound Management
Caudal Superficial Epigastric Flap
Learn how to use these versatile skin flaps to cover large open wounds.
Wound Management
Moist Wound Healing in Dogs and Cats: Using MRDs to Improve Care
Keeping a wound in an optimally moist environment helps to promote faster healing.
Wound Management
Helpful Tips For Managing Wounds In Veterinary Patients
David Dycus, DVM, MS, & Jennifer Wardlaw, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS Successful wound management depends on taking the correct approach to the lesion, including deciding whether to close it or manage it as an open wound.
Wound Management
Principles of Wound Care & Bandaging Techniques
Jessica Bosco, CVT Wound care in veterinary medicine is an essential part of patient management with great potential to impact the duration and extent of an animal’s recovery from surgery or traumatic injury.
