Recorded Webinar Plus: Fundamentals of emergency medicine: Part 1
Key information
Course Length: Four weeks
Course Format: A previous live course that contains recorded webinars, reading material, slides and a set of FAQs that represent the questions and concerns of previous participants
About this course
Would you like to get more confident in dealing with emergency cases?
This recorded Webinar Plus online course will cover a wide breadth of topics that will be of value to any small animal practitioner that sees emergency cases. In this first part of this course, (part 2 Recorded Webinar Plus: Fundamentals of emergency medicine: Part 2 is also available as a recorded webinar) the focus will be on dealing with broad concepts and techniques that will be applicable to a wide range of cases. There will be a particular focus within the course on practical techniques and tips that you will be able to apply within your clinic.
The course is suitable for first opinion practitioners, those starting out on emergency duty, those looking to solidify their core emergency skill and vets returning to practice after career breaks.
Skills learnt will include:
- How to triage emergency patients
- Types of shock and their clinical signs
- Emergency fluid therapy planning
- Localisation of respiratory distress
- Methods of oxygen delivery
- How and when to perform thoracocentesis
- What are AFAST and TFAST and when to use them
- How to perform abdominocentesis
- Indications for emergency abdominal surgery
Why do this course?
Whether you are a first opinion practitioner, starting out on emergency duty, looking to solidify your core emergency skills or are returning to practice after a career break, this course will help make you a more confident emergency clinician.
The course last ran in 2018 and is suitable for general and advanced practitioners. It contains all of the learning material (webinars, reading material, slides, self assessment exercises) from then, but is not tutor moderated. A set of FAQs is available which represent the questions and concerns previous participants have had and the tutor responses.
You have four weeks in which to view your Recorded Webinar Plus course. Courses can be purchased in advance and activated as and when you are ready to start. Your four weeks will start from the point of activation. When you have finished the course you may request a CPD certificate. If you require any assistance please contact the CPD Unit at cpd@rvc.ac.uk or 01707 666865.
Tutors
Lindsay Kellett-Gregory, BSc BVetMed DipECVECC DipACVECC FHEA MRCVS
Specialist in Emergency Critical Care
Dick White Referrals
