It covers vascular access techniques, nutritional support, thoracocentesis and thoracostomy tube placement, oxygen supplementation, urinary catheter placement, urohydropulsion, antepubic temporary cystostomy catheter placement,
abdominocentesis and diagnostic peritoneal lavage, pericardiocentesis, central venous pressure, and the aforesaid list of supplies, including catheters, drugs, syringes and placement supplies.
None of the animals yielded peritoneal fluid on
abdominocentesis. The mean rectal temperature (101.02 [+ or -] 0.29[degrees]F), mean heart rate (64.00 [+ or -] 4.67 per minute) and mean respiration rate (22.2 [+ or -] 3.08 per minute) did not differ significantly from their respective reference values.