Emergency Medicine 2010

with Dr Trudi McAlees and Dr Sandra Forsyth

An emphasis on case-based problems and the basics of critical care will make this course very useful for veterinarians in all practice situations. The course is also good preparation for MACVSc exams in emergency and critical care.

Key benefits

• develop appropriate fluid therapy plans
• learn to perform emergency procedures such as thoracocentesis, pericardiocentesis, and placing a tracheostomy tube
• learn to perform diagnostic procedures in the emergency setting. Learn to take and prepare ‘cage-side’ clinical pathology samples that will be useful!
• gain confidence dealing with the acutely dyspnoeic patient
• deal confidently with the ‘acute abdomen’
• learn how to manage wounds to optimise healing and reduce infection
• gain confidence dealing with animals presenting after trauma
• analgesia: what to use, when to use it, and how much to give
• toxicology and blood transfusions
• increase your knowledge of CPR

Tutors

Dr Trudi McAlees
BSc BVSc FACVSc
Trudi is the head of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic and Hospital. She has extensive experience working with critically ill and emergency patients in the 24-hour ICU in the hospital. Trudi has Fellowship of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Emergency and Critical Care (2008) and membership in Anaesthesia and Critical Care (1999).

Dr Sandra Forsyth
BVSc, Dip ACVA

Sandra Forsyth is currently working in clinical pathology and anaesthesia at Massey University and for New Zealand Veterinary Pathology.

Sandra is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anaesthesiologists.

Enquiries

Please contact the course coordinator.