The first 24 hours
July 17–19, 2020
Justine Lee D.V.M.
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary
Emergency & Critical Care
Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology
CEO- Vetgirl
Tim Hackett D.V.M.
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary
Emergency & Critical Care
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Colorado State University
Speakers & Topics
Dr. Lee:
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Top 20 poisons affecting dogs and cats
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Top 5 mistakes to avoid in your poisoned patients
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Common emergency room procedures you must know
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Emergency management and treatment of the feline urethral obstruction patient
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Emergency management and treatment of the gastric dilatation volvulus
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Top 5 feline procedures you must know
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OPP: Outpatient parvovirus
Dr. Hackett:
Shock, the basics: Hypovolemia and hemorrhage
This lecture will use a variety of small animal cases to cover fluid therapy in shock. We will manage acute hemorrhage, enteritis with severe dehydration, flea anemia and others. With these cases we’ll review fluid types, basic vascular access and intraosseous techniques. Blood and plasma transfusion basics will also be reviewed
Shock, the challenging: Heart failure, Sepsis and SIRS
Drawing on the basics, this lecture will focus on more complicated circulatory shock. Using two cardiac cases (severe mitral insufficiency with pulmonary edema and a pericardial effusion) we’ll review the pitfalls of fluid therapy with cardiogenic shock while working through other support strategies including diuretics, venodilators, short term ventilation and positive inotropes. We will finish with cases of septic peritonitis and heat stroke to round out the treatment strategies for distributive shock
Systematic Approach to Trauma and Traumatic Coagulopathy This lecture takes practitioners through a logical workup for small animal trauma patients. I stress evaluation of the Airway, Breathing, Cardiovascular system, and neurologic trauma. I give case examples for upper airway trauma, penetrating chest wounds, pulmonary contusions, broken backs, intrathoracic and abdominal trauma. Acidosis, hypothermia, dilution and other mechanisms contribute to bleeding following trauma. Using video case examples, emergency ultrasound findings and patient side bloodwork we will review the causes, implications and treatment of traumatic hemorrhage.
Transfusion Medicine Canine and feline transfusion medicine is reviewed using case examples. I will be discussing the importance of donor screening, in-house blood typing, cross matching, blood product collection, storage, and administration. We will review Using case examples we will review the indications and risk of blood component therapies. In addition to managing blood products, we will review autotransfusion techniques and xenotransfuion.
Respiratory Emergencies
A video/case based discussion covering the emergency approach to the dyspneic pet. We will cover common causes of dyspnea in cats (bronchial asthma, pulmonary edema, and pleural effusion) and dogs (laryngeal paralysis pneumonia, bronchitis, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary thromboembolism).
Managing Envenomations and Antivenon Update
This talk will focus on the diagnosis and management of common snake envenomations. The discussion includes regional differences, common snake species and clinical differences in management. There are new antivenom products competing for use in the treatment of crotaline (viper) snake envenomation and new formulations in development. We will focus on the antivenoms available for use against pit vipers in North America
Schedule
| Single day registration available: | ||
| All times are Mountain time. Eastern is 2 hours ahead, central is 1 hour ahead, pacific is 1 hour behind. | ||
| Seminars start each day at 7.00am Pacific, 8.00am Mtn, 9.00am Central & 10.00am Eastern | ||
| Friday (5.5 CE hrs) | ||
| 8:00-10:30 am Dr. Hackett: | ||
| Shock, the basics: Hypovolemia and hemorrhage | ||
| Shock, the challenging: Heart failure, Sepsis and SIRS | ||
| 10:30am-1:30pm Dr. Lee: | ||
| Top 20 poisons affecting dogs and cats | ||
| Saturday (5.5 CE hrs) | ||
| 8:00am-10:00 am Dr. Hackett: | ||
| Systematic Approach to Trauma and Traumatic Coagulopathy | ||
| Transfusion Medicine | ||
| 10:00am-1:30 pm Dr. Lee: | ||
| Top 5 mistakes to avoid in your poisoned patients | ||
| Common emergency room procedures you must know | ||
| Top 5 feline procedures you must know | ||
| Sunday (5CE hrs) | ||
| 8:00am -10:30 am Dr. Lee: | ||
| Emergency management and treatment of the feline urethral obstruction patient | ||
| Emergency management and treatment of the gastric dilatation volvulus | ||
| OPP: Outpatient parvovirus | ||
| 10:30 am – 1:00 pm Dr. Hackett: | ||
| Respiratory Emergencies | ||
| Managing Envenomations and Antivenon Update | ||
| There will be short breaks every hour or so. |
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