The First-Aid Companion for Dogs and Cats
What to Do Now, What to Do Later, Over 150 Everyday Accidents and Emergencies, Essential Medicine Chest, At-A-Glance Symptom Finder, How to Prevent
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Amy Shojai
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Amy Shojai
About this listen
Is there an animal doctor in the house? When an accident or other emergency threatens your pet, every minute counts. Don't be unprepared!
Download the updated audiobook of The First-Aid Companion for Dogs and Cats by Amy Shojai for hands-free emergency veterinary advice on your device - whenever and wherever needed! You’ll learn:
- Which over-the-counter human medications can help - or harm - your dog or cat
- What to keep in your pet's medicine chest (many essential items are probably in your house already)
- Basic first-aid techniques, such as cleaning a wound, making a splint, and updated CPR advice - step-by-step!
- Fear free handling techniques to keep you safe and reduce your pet’s stress
- How to quickly pinpoint what's wrong with your pet, using the First-Aid Symptom Finder
Plus, you'll discover a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to more than 150 common - and not-so-common - injuries and conditions, including:
- Abscesses (Chapter 11)
- Bites from Animals (Chapter 19)
- Car Accidents (Chapter 26)
- Choking (Chapter 131)
- Gunshot Wounds (Chapter 59)
- Heatstroke (Chapter 63)
- Hot Spots (Chapter 65)
- Jellyfish Stings (Chapter 72)
- Poisoning, including grape/raisin and xylitol toxicity (Chapter 88)
- Snakebites (Chapter 100)
Each easy-listening entry tells you when to call the vet, which supplies or medications you'll need, what immediate action you should take, and what you should do as follow-up care.
©2001 Amy Shojai (P)2021 Amy ShojaiListeners also enjoyed...
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,469
Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: The questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn’t the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Funtastic Voyage
- By Mel on 04-05-13
By: Mary Roach
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Quackery
- A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
- By: Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 974
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 844
What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine - yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison - was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Computer-generated Narrator. Dated Humour.
- By Nemo on 12-28-18
By: Lydia Kang, and others
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Under the Knife
- A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
- By: Arnold van de Laar, Andy Brown - translator
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 224
From the story of the desperate man from 17th-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room. What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell, or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why did a surgeon need a fast horse?
- By India Clamp on 10-18-18
By: Arnold van de Laar, and others
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Blood and Guts
- A History of Surgery
- By: Richard Hollingham
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story5 out of 5 stars 60
Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously undreamed-of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of medical progress. In Blood and Guts, veteran science writer Richard Hollingham weaves a compelling narrative from the key moments in surgical history. We have a ringside seat in the operating theater of University College Hospital in London as world-renowned Victorian surgeon Robert Liston performs a remarkable amputation in 30 seconds - from first cut to final stitch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this book!
- By Kristin on 08-25-19
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Surviving the Extremes
- A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance
- By: Kenneth Kamler MD
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Physiological constraints confine our bodies to less than one-fifth of the earth's surface. Beyond that fraction lie the extremes. What happens when we go to them? Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years observing exactly what happens. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, he has climbed, dived, sledded, floated, and trekked through some of the most treacherous and remote regions in the world. A consultant for NASA, Yale University, and the National Geographic Society, he has explored undersea caves, crossed the frozen Antarctic wastelands, and more.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Egotist.
- By Sam Square on 09-08-24
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Tell Me Where It Hurts
- Humor, Healing and Hope in my Life as an Animal Surgeon
- By: Dr. Nick Trout
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 473
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 325
From the frontlines of modern medicine, Tell Me Where it Hurts is a fascinating insider portrait of a veterinarian, his furry patients, and the blend of old-fashioned instincts and cutting-edge technology that defines pet care in the 21st century. Dr. Trout takes the listener on a vicarious journey through 24 intimate, heartrending hours in his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So close, yet not quite.
- By ButterLegume on 04-18-13
By: Dr. Nick Trout