Veterinary Instruments and Equipment: A Pocket Guide

Use this pocket guide to memorize and identify instruments at a glance! Written by well-known vet tech expert Teresa F. Sonsthagen, BS, LVT, Veterinary Instruments and Equipment, 2nd Edition shows hundreds of detailed, full-color photographs of instruments and describes how and when each is used. A flashcard-style design makes it easier to flip through the pages, so you'll quickly become familiar with all commonly used instruments. An Evolve website includes interactive exercises that let you practice creating setups for surgical procedures, and ask you to identify and compare veterinary instruments. With the information in this book and on Evolve, you'll become a valuable member of the clinical team, care for instruments so they last longer, and prevent injuries from improper use. It's great for exam review, and with its compact size and spiral binding, a great reference to use on the job!

Comprehensive coverage addresses restraint, medical, and diagnostic instruments in the first section and surgical instruments in the second.
780 high-quality color photographs help you to quickly recognize and identify instruments.
A flip-book, flash-card format makes it easier to memorize instruments and to quiz yourself or others.
Instruments and equipment are shown for common procedures for small and large animals including bovine, equine, sheep, pigs, and goats, and including procedures such as dehorning, hoof care, castration, and teat and obstetrical procedures.
Two pages are allotted to each instrument, with the top page including a photo and the bottom page including the instrument's name, functions, characteristics, a practice note, and sterilization note -- it's easy to quiz yourself by folding the book to show only the photo page, then identifying the instrument name and functions.
A handy pocket size makes it easy to carry and use at any time.

Close-up photographs of instrument tips help you identify the subtle differences between instruments.
A companion Evolve website includes all of the photos from the book to help you identify instruments, and allows you to zoom in to see details including the different tips.
Interactive exercises on the Evolve site include instrument set-up exercises, comparison exercises, and identification quizzes.

Customer Reviews:

Fills a gap left by other books

By Diane M - March 8, 2008

I'd recommend this to anyone new to working as an assistant or in tech school. It's the only resource I've seen that clearly identifies (includes crisp, close-up photos for every item) and clearly explains what tons of veterinary instruments & other tools are for.

* It is EXACT. At our clinic we all had trouble identifying the exact difference between brown adson, plain adson, blah blah forceps and though we looked online, in instrument catalogs, etc.--this is the only place I found definitive answers.

* I love that there is a description of what each item is actually used for. It adds another layer of understanding of my job and helps me select the right tool for a given task. Also helps me anticipate what tools the doctor is going to need whether he's removing a small mass from an eyelid or spreading someone's ribs open.

* It is useful in learning the items you don't use often enough to know. We have any number of old weird-looking tools in our... read more

Excellent resource

By Samantha - October 13, 2007

If you're a veterinary technician student - this is a great book! It gives you beautiful pictures of instruments, their description & what they're purpose is. You can use it to study in a flashcard style. It helped me a lot to study for exams.

Vet Instruments & Equip

By C. Towne - November 9, 2007

Bought this "pocket" manual for work - to train new people to be able to identify the various instruments. We use it, and do like the handy size. The pictures are great, and then it has some information on usage.