Emergency and Critical Care
Emergency & Critical Care I
registration open
Online Course
12.05.2025 – 16.05.2025
EURO 2.640.-*
EURO 2.540.-*(early registration deadline: 01.12.2024)
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
Total hours: 40
ATF hours (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland): TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate): 5
Principal Course Master:
Dr. Nadja Sigrist, Dipl. ACVECC/ECVECC (CH)
Course Masters:
Dr. Katja-Nicole Adamik, Dipl. ACVECC/ECVECC (CH)
Instructors:
Dr. Arianna Maiolini, DECVN (CH)
Dr. Christina Precht, DECVDI (CH)
Dr. Marta Kantyka, DECVAA (CH)
Dr. Thierry Francey, DACVIM-SAIM (CH)
Course Overview
This veterinary course in emergency and critical care is organized with the following emphasis: veterinarians that are actively integrated in an emergency service need continuous education and training. This course should give the candidates an introduction into the state of the art of emergency medicine and at the same time it is the first basic part followed by an advanced course for veterinarians involved in ESAVS continuing education.
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
– Recognize a life threatening problem and prioritize actions
– Recognize different forms of shock and know how to treat it
– Assess the needs of fluid therapy and know how to give it
– Recognize and treat the most common medical and surgical emergencies
– Have a basic knowledge on cardiopulmonary resuscitation
– Use narcotics and analgesics in critically ill patients
The course is divided in classical lectures, interactive case discussions in small groups.
Topics
– Triage/ Emergency Facility
– Respiratory Assessment and stabilization of the patient with respiratory distress
– Diagnostic Imaging Thorax
– Chest Trauma
– Fluid therapy
– Shock
– Analgesia and Anesthesia of the Critically Ill
– Status epilepticus
– DKA/Hyperglycemia
– Addisonian crisis
– IMHA and ITP
– Paraplegia and Paralysis
– Head Trauma
– Aproach to the acute Abdomen
– Diagnostic Imaging Abdomen
– GDV
– Hemoabdomen
– Cardiac Emergencies
– Treatment of arrhythmias
– FLUTD
– Acute renal failure
– Emergency blood work
– Heat stroke
– Dystocia and neonatal resuscitation
– CPR
Case Discussions
– Respiratory Distress
– Fluid Therapy
Course Program (subject to change)
Monday, 12 May 2025
Emergency Facility and Triage (NS)
09.10 – 11.15 Stabilization of the dyspneic patient (NS)
11.20 – 12.20 Diagnostic Imaging Chest** (ChP)
12.20 – 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 – 15.15 Shock and fluid therapy (NS)
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Video cases respiratory distress (NS)
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
09.10 – 10.10 Addisonian crisis (KA)
10.45 – 12.20 Congestive heart failure (NS)
Pericardial effusion (NS)
12.20 – 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 – 14.15 Fluid tx case in 4 groups (NS)
14.30 – 15.30 Anesthesia and Analgesia of the emergency patient (MK)
15.30 – 16.15 Break
16.15 – 17.00 Case discussion (MK)
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
09.45 – 10.00 Break
10.00 – 11.15 Diagnostic Imaging Abdomen** (ChP)
11.20 – 12.20 Stabilisation of GDV (NS)
12.20 – 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 – 14.15 Hemoperitoneum (NS)
14.15 – 14.30 Break
14.30 – 17.00 Fluid tx case presentations (NS)
Thursday, 15 May 2025
09.10 – 10.10 Dystocia (NS)
10.25 – 11.15 Neonatal care (NS)
11.20 – 12.20 Head trauma (KA)
12.20 – 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 – 15.30 Paresis and paralysis case discussion (AM)
15.30 – 15.45 Break
15.45 – 17.00 The seizuring patient case discussion (NS)
Friday, 16 May 2025
09.10 – 10.10 IMHA and ITP (NS)
10.25 – 11.15 AKI (TF)
11.20 – 12.20 Obstructive FLUTD (NS)
12.20 – 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 – 15.30 Video session – Emergency procedures (NS)
15.30 – 16.15 CPR (NS)
16.15 – 17.00 Final discussion