In this second edition of Veterinary Emergency Medicine Secrets we have updated the chapters from the first edition and added some new chapters based on new interests and involvement of emergency veterinarians. This question-and-answer format continues to be a useful means of offering information about veterinary emergency medicine. The stimuli for new questions and answers have come from readers of the first edition, students in the arena of emergency and critical care medicine, veterinary nurses and technicians, and chapter authors. We all encounter new and exciting experiences each and every day of our professional lives. Too often we need that quick answer to one of these new.