This interactive one day lecture and case-based course will assist practitioners to approach trauma patients in a logical manner and improve their confidence in what is often a stressful situation. The common abnormalities seen in trauma patients and most appropriate and up to date management techniques will be discussed.
The course will be of interest to any veterinarian who sees emergency cases whether in a general practice or a dedicated emergency practice. It will also be useful CPD for veterinarians preparing for RCVS CertAVP C modules C-ECC.2 and 3 (Emergency Care A and B).. more
£285 + VAT (or book all 5 one-day courses for the price of 4)
Topic:
Emergency and Critical Care
Target Audience:
Veterinary Surgeon/Veterinarian
This is the second in a series of five one-day courses aimed to give general practitioners the confidence to approach and manage emergency and critical care cases in a first opinion setting. The courses cover a wide variety of topics that are frequently faced in general practice and provide practical and realisitic treatment options and protocols.
Course outline Managing your trauma patients in practice can be extremely satisfying, although it is also time consuming and intensive. Patients with concurrent injury of multiple organ systems. This can be very challenging, as interventions required for one injury can be detrimental to others, e.g. fluid therapy in pulmonary contusions. When a severely injured animal presents, you need to carry out a focused assessment of its major body systems. Knowing when not to act is often more important than intervening; this course will help you to make that distinction with your own patients to obtain the best outcomes... more
The care and treatment of animals which have suffered trauma is a common part of veterinary nursing. Trauma can result in a wide variety of injuries of varying severity. Injuries can affect the soft tissues resulting in potentially large wounds and / or the bones resulting in fractures. Traumatic injuries can be time consuming and expensive to manage and can represent a significant nursing challenge. In addition animals may suffer multiple injuries which can make them very demanding to treat... more
Managing your trauma patients in practice can be extremely satisfying, although it is also time consuming and intensive. When a severely injured animal presents, you need to carry out a focused assessment of its major body systems. Knowing when not to act is often more important than intervening; this course will help you to make that distinction with your own patients to obtain the best outcomes... more
This course is for nurses. Whether trauma cases are infrequent occurrences which you dread or a regular part of your day, this course will give you the confidence to deal with the uncertain by addressing basic and advanced techniques that you need for effective trauma management. Mistakes are easy to make when stress gets the better of us – minimise your stress levels and increase your confidence with these difficult patients when you come on this course. Practical tips will be an integral part of the day to give you the best management plan for your next trauma case... more
This course will use a case -based approach to management of the trauma patient including initial management of bite wounds, road traffic accidents and neurological injury. Issues for discussion will include analgesia, fluid therapy, diagnostics and therapeutic interventions.
Part II of a 4-part mini-modular course; days can be booked separately or together... more
Ouch, that hurt.......... Trauma is relatively common in companion animal practice, especially cats being hit by cars. This course will begin by looking at some of the core principles of emergency medicine discussing the tools we need to stabilise the trauma patient. We will then discuss how to approach some of the more common types of trauma... more
We were presented with an RTA cat this evening, the cat was found lying in a alley and the person who brought the cat in didn't know how long it had been there for.
