The Trauma Patient A Global Approach To Case Management
Royal Veterinary College
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Date: Thursday 4th December, 2025 - Thursday 4th December, 2025
Start time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Duration: 8 hour(s)
Cost: £949
Key Areas
- Thoracic trauma: Stabilisation of dyspnoeic patient, point of care ultrasound (POCUS), thoracocentesis and thoracostomy tube placement, evaluation of thoracic radiographs, management of thoracic wall and diaphragmatic injury
- Abdominal trauma: Stabilisation of haemoabdomen and uroabdomen, POCUS, abdominocentesis and abdominal drain placement, evaluation of abdominal radiographs and retrograde urethrocystography, management of body wall and urinary tract injury
- Musculoskeletal trauma: Accurate patient assessment, acquisition and evaluation of orthopaedic radiographs, pre-surgical management of open fractures, reducing luxations, open wound management
About this course
Does the trauma patient quicken your pulse? Is your management of orthopaedic injury disjointed? Want to learn how to POCUS your efforts most effectively?
Trauma patients are frequently encountered in general practice, with the complex and often multifaceted nature of injury presenting challenges for the veterinary surgeon.
The ‘golden hour’ of trauma management is key – this course will help you to seize the opportunity to maximise patient outcomes. Benefit from multi-disciplinary insights from the only level one trauma centre outside of North America. Enhance your patient assessment, diagnostic techniques and clinical interventions with guidance from clinicians in emergency and critical care, diagnostic imaging, orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery. This collaborative course of online lectures followed by an all-day practical will allow you to apply a holistic approach to the trauma patient.
This course consists of recorded webinars and a day of practical sessions. The recorded lectures allow you to learn at your own pace and they can be listened to at a convenient time - these are a prerequisite for attending the practical component.
Why do this course?
This course will improve your confidence in managing complex trauma cases. It will allow you to advance your skills in multiple disciplines required of trauma patients to ultimately maximise patient outcomes. This course is tailored to provide a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective on commonly encountered traumatic injuries, with a focus on real clinical cases. Delegates will develop their ability to confidently assess, stabilise and manage trauma patients in the acute setting.
Who is it for?
vets
The Speakers
Laura Cole, MA VetMB MVetMed CertVPS CertAVP(ECC) DipACVECC DipECVECC MRCVS<br /> Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine<br /> The Royal Veterinary College<br /> <br /> Anna Frykfors von Hekkel, BVetMed(Hons) PGDipVCP MVetMed PGCertVetEd DipECVS FHEA MRCVS<br /> Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery<br /> The Royal Veterinary College<br /> <br /> Thom Watton, BSc BVetMed MVetMed PGDipVCP DipECVDI MRCVS<br /> RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
13 hours
Registration and Booking
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