Emergency and Critical Care I, Berne / Switzerland, 11 - 15 August 2008 held
Course Master: Prof. Dr. David Spreng (Dip. ECVS, Dip. ACVECC) (CH)
Overview
This course is organized with the following emphasis: veterinarians that are actively integrated in an emergency service need continuous education and training. This course should give the candidates an introduction into the state of the art of emergency medicine and at the same time it is the first basic part followed by an advanced course for veterinarians involved in ESAVS continuing education.
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
Recognize a life threatening problem and prioritize actions
Recognize different forms of shock and know how to treat it
Assess the needs of fluid therapy and know how to give it
Recognize and treat the most common medical and surgical emergencies
Have a basic knowledge on cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Know the benefits of the monitoring devices like CVP, sPO2, ETCO2, ECG, BP, Doppler
Use narcotics and analgesics in critically ill patients
The course is divided in classical lectures, case demonstrations from residents of the Small Animal Hospital, interactive case managements, practical labs and surgical exercises.
TOPICS
Lectures:
Triage
Respiratory Assessment
Diagnostic Imaging Thorax
Fluid therapy
Shock
Analgesia and Anesthesia of the Critically Ill
SIRS/Sepsis
DKA/Hyperglycemia
Non-traumatic Anemia
Paraplegia and Paralysis
Head Trauma
Nutritional Basics, Feeding Tubes
Assessment and monitoring of the ECC patient
Acute Abdomen
Diagnostic Imaging Abdomen
GDV
Cardiac Emergencies
Approach to Trauma
Chest Trauma
Abdominal Trauma
Toxicology
CPCR Theory
Toxicology
Case Discussions:
Respiratory Distress
Fluid Therapy
Acute Abdomen
Practical Labs:
IV Access
Airway Access
Monitoring
Tubes
CPCR
COURSE PROGRAM: Emergency & Critical Care I 2008 - subject to change
ATF credit hours (Akademie für Tierärtzliche Fortbildung, Germany): 32
(for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg)
We are sorry but this course is already fully booked!
New registrations will be placed on the waiting list.
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Tuition fee: EURO 1.850,--
Early registration: EURO 1.750,-- (deadline for early registration: 31st March 2008)
Manual Registration
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