Veterinarian training courses library : Cat / Emergency and critical care

Teaching goals

• recognise abnormal EKG related to hyperkalemia
• understand treatment options for hyperkalemia
• differential diagnosis & work-up

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Teaching goals available soon

Teaching goals

• Being able to identify pain and differentiate it from dysphoria
• Which molecules to use and how/when should we do multimodal analgesia ?

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• General comments on the physiology of potassium
• Ca disturbance: hypokalemia Causes Clinical signs Treatment
• Ca disturbance: hyperkalemia Causes Clinical signs Treatment

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• Generalities on the physiology of calcium
• Ca disturbance: hypocalcemia – Causes – Clinical signs – Treatment
• Ca disturbance: hypercalcemia – Causes – Clinical signs – Treatment

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• Know how to perform an abdominocentesis
• Know which analysis should be performed on the abdominal effusion
• Understand the indications for emergency surgery

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• Technics and protocol of abdominal ultrasound
• Abnormal images and interpretation
• Updated literature

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• Definition
• Application fields of POCUS
• General technique
• Thoracic ultrasound
• Technics and protocols: progress in veterinary medicine
• Abnormal pictures and interpretation
• Updated literature

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• Prior to attendance, make sure you are familiar with the content discussed in the « clinical signs of hypovolemic shock and sepsis » as well as « treatment of hypovolemic shock » presentations
• Understand the underlying pathophysiology associated with sepsis and how it affects the resuscitation strategy
• Be able to discuss the indication for colloids, vasopressors and steroids in patients with sepsis

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• Review the most commom pediatric emergencies
• Discuss hypoglycemia, hypovolemia, sepsis, and traumtic brain injury: how to recognize and treat them

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• Review the physiological characteristics of the newborn compared to adults
• To know the standards for a physical examination of a newborn
• To know the normal values of the main diagnostic tests

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• Understand the pathophysiology of hypovolemic and distributive shock
• Describe signs of hypovolemic and distributive shock
• Provide a list of bedside diagnostic tests that can be performed in patients in shock

Teaching goals

• Understand the pathophysiology of hypovolemic and distributive shock
• Describe signs of hypovolemic and distributive shock
• Provide a list of bedside diagnostic tests that can be performed in patients in shock

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• To understand the pathophysiology of major female reproductive emergencies which include mastitis, metritis, eclampsia and pyometra
• To know how to recognize and treat them

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• During this presentation, we will review the most commonly encountered male reproductive emergencies which include: priapism and paraphimosis, testicular torsion, prostatitis, discospondylitis
• We will review the causes, pathophysiology and treatment of these pathologies

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• Parturition physiology
• Definition of dystocia
• Medical treatment
• Surgical treatment
• Fetal resuscitation

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• A review on data we have on this disease: incidence, cause, risk factors
• Clinical presentation and the underlying patophysiology
• How to treat hyperkalaemic UO patient and understand the mechanism of action of the drugs used
• To review the different options of treatment and update on recent literature

Teaching goals

• how to manage bees/wasps sting in am emergency situation: review of the physiology and pathophysiology
• snake envenomation: differences between snakes, pathophysiology of the bites, focus on antivenom
• processionnary caterpillars: a review of their effects