Venue
CPD Solutions Training Centre, Studley, Warwickshire
Main Tutor
Catherine Sturgeon BVetMed(Hons) CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
Northwest Surgeons, Cheshire
Have you ever had to deal with one of these………
• A retching Westie that has eaten a lamb bone
• A severely dyspnoeic cat
• A collapsed dog with a vague history of GI disturbances and weakness
• A vascular pedicle that just won’t stop bleeding
• A dog with seizures that you cannot control with diazepam
• A Great Dane with suspected GDV
• A patient with a prolapsed globe, presented to you on a Friday night?
If the answer to any of these is yes, and you would like to develop the skills and confidence that you will need to handle critical situations calmly and effectively, this modular course can help you.
We will cover essential current theory and combine this with highly practical tips for both surgical procedures and clinical techniques to help you to deal with all of your emergency patients in a logical and coherent manner, with minimal stress levels. Small group teaching with limited numbers of delegates, and highly experienced and approachable tutors, will ensure that you achieve your learning objectives.
Attend the whole course, or book individual modules of your choice. Each session has a highly practical emphasis, and many include hands-on sessions with models and wetlabs, to help you to put what you have learned into practice with help from the course tutors.
Course Fee
£1860.00 + VAT (£2185.50)
For individual module prices, see the module outlines.
Date 6th November 2007
Venue Studley, near Birmingham
Tutor
Sophie Adamantos BVSc CertVA DipACVECC MRCVS
Royal Veterinary College
Course outline
As a small animal practitioner, you need to be able assess your emergency patients rapidly and accurately. Prompt and appropriate management of these patients is vital to obtain the best clinical outcome. During this module we will develop your existing knowledge and skills to help you to acquire a confident, practical approach towards your emergency patients. We will use interactive case discussions to consolidate and apply the theory that we cover in seminars during the day.
Specific areas to be covered:
• Approach to the emergency patient
• Respiratory distress – what to do, what equipment do you need?
• Fluid Therapy – does it really matter what you use and how you give it?
• The essential minimum database; electrolytes, blood gas and acid- base analysis
• Approach to the acute abdomen- how to make the right decision
• Case based discussions
Course fee
£280.00 + VAT (£329.00)
Includes tuition, course notes,
refreshments and lunch.
Date 4th December 2007
Venue Studley, near Birmingham
Tutor
Nick Bexfield BVetMed DSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
University of Cambridge
Course Outline
This module will provide you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills that you need to confidently manage some of the more common medical emergencies that you will encounter in practice. We will develop your decision-making skills as we work through clinical case examples. The “hands-on” practical component in this session will enable you to practise essential techniques in a relaxed learning environment.
Specific areas to be covered include:
• How should you treat the diabetic ketoacidotic patient?
• How to identify and treat the dog with hypoadrenocorticism
• Managing patients with urinary tract obstruction for best results
• The best approach for patients with acute or chronic renal failure
• Working up a case of hypercalcaemia to reach a diagnosis
• Enteral nutrition- why, when and how?
• How to perform pericardiocentesis safely and effectively
The practical sessions will incorporate:
• Placement of oesophagostomy tubes
• Placement of jugular catheters
Course fee
£350.00 + VAT (£411.25)
Includes tuition, course notes,
refreshments and lunch.
Date 13th February 2008
Venue Studley, near Birmingham
Tutor
Catherine Sturgeon BVetMed(Hons) CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
Chestergates Referral Hospital, Chester
Course outline
Retching with a history of eating a lamb bone ……Dyspnoeic after a road traffic accident…….A vascular pedicle that will not stop bleeding……Suspect GDV is on its way in…..all potential heart sinking moments for you if you work in small animal practice. However, help is on its way on this module, where we will combine current theory with handy surgical hints to help boost your confidence levels and equip you with the ‘know-how’ to approach and successfully manage these and other stressful situations.
Specific areas to be covered:
• Haemostasis
• Surgical drains
• Thoracic drainage
• Oesophageal and Intestinal foreign bodies
• GDV + pexy techniques
• Diaphragmatic rupture
The practical sessions will incorporate
• Cadaver tissue
• Models to represent anatomical regions
• Endoscopy
Course fee
£350.00 + VAT (£411.25)
Includes tuition, course notes,
refreshments and lunch.
Date 18th March 2008
Venue Studley, near Birmingham
Tutor
Laurent Garosi DVM DECVN MRCVS
Davies Veterinary Specialists, Herts.
Course Outline
Uncontrollable seizure activity; animals acutely ‘off their legs’; falling over; loss of coordination; ‘kicked by horse’; profound weakness; the neurological emergency canine or feline patient can present in a wide variety of daunting ways. Do not despair, as help is at hand!
This module will guide you step by step from your neurological examination to forming logical diagnostic and therapeutic plans – giving you renewed confidence and effective practical skills for the next emergency case that enters your consulting room.
Specific areas to be covered include:
• ABC of the emergency neurological admission
• Seizure control
• Falling, circling & ataxia
• Acute paralysis
• Neurological causes of acute weakness
• Video illustrations and case-based discussions
Course fee
£280.00 + VAT (£329.00)
Includes tuition, course notes,
refreshments and lunch.
Date 20th May 2008
Venue Studley, near Birmingham
Tutor
David Williams MA VetMB PhD CertVOphthal FRCVS
University of Cambridge
Course outline
Eye conditions are challenging enough when you don’t feel that confident in dealing with them. But ocular emergencies can be a real nightmare, be they perforating corneas, inflamed irises, luxated lenses or detached retinas. During this module we will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of urgent ophthalmic presentations both medical and surgical. Throughout the session we will develop your existing skills, with a particular emphasis on the practical steps that you can realistically take where referral is not an option.
Specific areas to be covered:
• Use of cadaver eyes and tissues in highly practical wetlab sessions
• Corneal ulcers- particularly performing conjunctival pedicle grafts
• Corneal foreign bodies- tips and techniques for safe removal
• Prolapsed globes- how to salvage and replace
• Lens luxation - dealing with them when referral is not geographically or financially possible
Course fee
£350.00 + VAT (£411.25)
Includes tuition, course notes,
refreshments and lunch.
Date 24th June 2008
Venue Studley, near Birmingham
Tutor
Sheena Warman BSc BVMS DSAM DipECVIM MRCVS
Bristol University
Course Outline
Bleeding disorders and anaemia are common presentations in small animal practice, and logical decision making is essential to help you to reach a diagnosis and then provide the appropriate treatment. Is the anaemia regenerative or non-regenerative? When and how would you take a bone biopsy? Bleeding tendencies – how should you investigate? When do you need to use a blood transfusion, and how do you calculate the transfusion rate? What precautions do you need to take?
We will answer all these questions and more during this session. The emphasis will be on a practical approach that you can use for common problems, with plenty of case-based discussion and advice on the management of diseases that you will frequently see in general practice.
Specific areas to be covered include:
• Investigation of anaemic and bleeding patients
• Logical diagnostic testing- which test and why?
• Blood smears – digital images to develop your practical skills
• Bone marrow biopsies – practical session to show you how
• Blood and transfusion products – new developments
• Case-based examples to discuss and illustrate the management of common presentations
Course fee
£350.00 + VAT (£411.25)
Includes tuition, course notes,
refreshments and lunch.