Emergency Medicine in Action: Practical Techniques for Veterinary Nurses

This practical course offers veterinary nurses the opportunity to enhance their skills in managing prevalent medical emergencies encountered in small animal practice. Through a combination of theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice, participants will learn essential techniques such as central line placement, nasal oxygen catheter placement, and other critical procedures. Clinical case examples will be used to improve decision-making skills, and delegates will have the chance to practice these techniques in a supportive learning environment.

The course is suitable for RVNs in both first opinion and referral practices, and it is also beneficial for those working towards a Nurse Certificate in Emergency and Critical Care. Course notes, refreshments, and lunch will be provided as well as access to pre-recorded webinar material to enhance the practical sessions. Delegate numbers will be capped at 12 to ensure an immersive experience.

Key takeaways include:

  • Enhance decision-making skills through the analysis of clinical case examples related to prevalent medical emergencies in small animal practice.
  • Enhance decision-making skills through the analysis of clinical case examples related to prevalent medical emergencies in small animal practice.
  • Acquire proficiency in vital emergency procedures including central line placement, nasal oxygen catheter placement, management of urinary catheters, faecal catheter placement, and placement of Freestyle Libre devices.
  • Develop competence in practical techniques such as suturing, wound management, and the assessment of wounds, including the selection of appropriate suture materials and techniques.

 

This cadaveric practical day will provide you with 14 hours of CPD (including 5 hours of pre-programme webinar content released prior to the practical day session).

(Discounts available for group bookings. Please contact us directly: info@vtx-cpd.com)

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Programme schedule23:56 - 23:56

Registration

08:15-08:45

Introduction

08:45-09:00

Lecture – Disastrous Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

09:00-10:00

Scott Kilpatrick

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Break

10:00-10:15

Practical - Placement of central lines, Freestyle Libre devices and nasal oxygen catheter placement

10:15-12:00

Scott Kilpatrick & Ashley Wemple

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Lunch

12:00-13:00

Lecture – Ghastly Guts

13:00-14:00

Scott Kilpatrick

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Practical - Placement of feeding tubes in emergency practice

14:00-15:30

Scott Kilpatrick & Ashley Wemple

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Break

15:30-16:00

Practical - Wonderful Wounds

16:00-17:30

Scott Kilpatrick

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Q&A Session to end the day

17:30-18:00

Scott Kilpatrick & Ashley Wemple

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Additional webinar lessons (watch from 08/07/2024)23:56 - 23:56

Advanced surgical skills for RVN’s

Matteo Rossanese

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Tubes, drains & catheters… Understanding the what, how and why?

Laura Jones

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Wound management (Part 1)

Jon Hall

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Wound management (Part 2)

Jon Hall

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The Anorexic patient

Scott Kilpatrick

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speaker biographies

Scott Kilpatrick

Director, Internal Medicine Specialist

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Scott graduated from Edinburgh Vet School in 2007. Initially, he worked for the PDSA, before taking a Senior Veterinary Surgeon position with Vets Now in Edinburgh in 2010. Scott started his residency in internal medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 2012 after completing a year as a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy and Physiology. He completed his residency in 2016 after finishing his Masters in the pathogenesis of canine liver disease and has since been working in referral practice. Interventional radiology is something that really interests Scott, and he spent some time in 2018, working in this area at UC Davis in California. Scott has created and delivered a Post-graduate Certificate in Small Animal Emergency Medicine in association with the University of Chester. In 2023 he was awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (FRCVS) for his meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

Ashley Wemple

RVN CertVNECC

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Ashley grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina. From there she moved to a slightly bigger part of the state to go to university at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC where I  studied animal science and obtained a bachelors degree in that field in 2003. While studying, I started working nights at an ECC veterinary hospital and I developed a passion for ECC nursing and teaching. I moved to the UK in 2008 to take a job as an ECC nurse at Vets Now Gateshead and have been there ever since (currently as Principal Nurse Manager).  I earned my CertVNECC in 2010 and continue to tutor for that program, as well as other teaching and mentoring for IVC, Vets Now and the veterinary thought exchange.

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