Emergency patient online

Date: Monday 24th September, 2012 - Sunday 4th November, 2012
Start time: 9:00 AM
Duration: 36 hour(s)
Cost: £699

Provider: Royal Veterinary College

Emergency cases can be some of the most fun and rewarding patients we see in veterinary practice. However, they can also be some of the more challenging and stressful patients to treat. This course will provide practitioners with a rational and logical approach to the assessment of the emergency patient. It will focus on interpretation of physical examination findings and basic clinicopathologic and imaging data with an emphasis on information that will help you formulate a rational stabilisation plan. The course is suitable for both veterinary surgeons in general practice and those with a special interest in (or fear of!) emergency medicine. It will also be useful CPD for veterinarians preparing for RCVS CertAVP C modules in emergency care A and B.

Key areas
• The “shocked” patient – how to identify and treat the various forms of shock
• The dyspnoeic emergency – assessment and stabilisation
• A rational approach to fluid therapy in the emergency patient
• The “acute” abdomen – how to maximise the chance of a successful outcome
• Stabilisation of the trauma patient

Format
The course consists of a mixture of case presentations and assessment, downloadable reference sources (notes, text book references, abstracts of relevant journal articles), and online discussions. There is no need to log on at any particular time of the day or night so the course can be completed in your own time. However, you do need to be able to spend at least 5 hours each week on the course and log on several times throughout each week to get maximum benefit and to earn the full CPD hours. The course is worth up to 36 CPD hours if all activities are completed.

To book: Contact the CPD Unit on Tel: 01707 666865, or email cpd@rvc.ac.uk. Further details available at www.rvc.ac.uk/cpd

Who is it for?

Veterinary Surgeons

The Speakers

Sophie Adamantos, BVSc CertVA DipACVECC FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care
The Royal Veterinary College

Dan Chan, DVM DipACVECC DipACVN FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
The Royal Veterinary College

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

36 hours

Registration and Booking

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