Anaesthetic approach to the cardiac patient

Presenter: Alessandra Mathis
DVM CertVA DipECVAA MRCVS
Head of Anaesthesia
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia
European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Category: Emergency Club

Cardiac disease is a relatively common condition in our small animal patients. It can range from subclinical cardiac disease to severe heart failure. Very often we need to sedate or anaesthetise these patients for elective or emergency procedures and it is well known that anaesthetic drugs affect the cardiovascular system.…

Feline Anaemia

Presenter: Dr Stephanie Sorrell
BVetMed (Hons) MANZCVS DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European Specialist in Internal Medicine and RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar will focus on the underlying causes of feline anaemia and will discuss treatments including transfusion medicine. The unique features of feline transfusion medicine will be discussed. We will also work through some clinical case studies to consolidate the knowledge.

What to do with the cat that won't eat?

Presenter: Mayank Seth
EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Member of European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals

Category: Emergency Club

Loss of appetite is a common presenting complaint in feline clinics. In some cases the cause is readily apparent but in others it can present a diagnostic challenge. This webinar will look at some of the causes of poor appetite and how they can be investigated. It will then go…

Septic peritonitis: from the diagnosis to the treatment

Presenter: Dr Daniela Murgia DVM GPCert (SASTS) DipECVS MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar is addressed to general practitioners with some degree of experience in soft tissue surgery and is intended to describe the recommended steps in the diagnosis and treatment of septic peritonitis. We will start to explore the meaning and classification of peritoneal disease to focus on the septic peritoneal…

Emergency management of electrolyte and calcium disorders

Presenter: Stephanie Sorrell
BVetMed (Hons) MANZCVS DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European Specialist in Internal Medicine and RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar we will explore causes of common electrolyte and calcium abnormalities as well as diagnostic and treatment recommendations. We will explore the pathophysiology to attain a greater understanding and will work through clinical cases to see how patients are managed in practice.

The management of Status Epilepticus

Presenter: Miguel Martinez
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia
LdoVet Cert VA DipECVAA MRCVS EBVS and RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia

Category: Emergency Club

What’s new in the management of canine gastrointestinal disease?

Presenter: Nick Bexfield
BVetMed PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA PGDipMEdSci PGCHE FHEA MRCVS
Clinical Director of Small Animal Services

Category: Emergency Club

Acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases are commonly encountered in dogs in general practice, and diarrhoea is a common manifestation of these. Acute diseases are frequently caused by diet and parasites, and causes of chronic gastrointestinal diseases include conditions such as idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, food allergy and neoplasia. Diagnosis of…

So much bleeding, how do I make it stop?

Presenter: Mayank Seth
BSc(Hons) BVetMed(Hons) DACVIM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Specialist in Internal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Bleeding is a dramatic and often life threatening component of emergencies seen in small animal practice. In many cases the cause is obvious but in others it can be less so. In any instance the best course of action can be confusing. This webinar will briefly cover the principles of…

Where have the red cells gone? Myth-busting in anaemia

Presenter: Helen Wilson
BVSc(Hons) MVetMed PGCertVetEd DipACVECC DipECVECC FHEA MRCVS
Clinical Lead in Emergency and Critical Care
Langford Vets, University of Bristol

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar, we will cover the different causes of anaemia and how to differentiate acute from chronic anaemias. We will discuss how to take a logical diagnostic approach to anaemic patients, including what tests you can perform in your practice. We will look at how to stabilise anaemic patients…

Coagulation Abnormalities

Presenter: Yvonne McGrotty
BVMS CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
RCVS & European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club, Small Animal Practice Club

Coagulation abnormalities can be frightening conditions to deal with in practice due to the complexities of the coagulation system, and the speed at which they can become life threatening. In this webinar we will cover both congenital haemostatic disorders in cats and dogs (such as Von Willebrand Disease, Haemophilia and…

Transfusion Medicine

Presenter: Neus Elias LMV PgCert CertAVP(ECC) DipECVECC MRCVS
European (EBVS) and RCVS recognised Specialist in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar we will discuss transfusion medicine including the transfusion of red cell containing fluids and the importance of blood typing and crossmatching in canine and feline species. An overview of coagulopathies and the transfusion of plasma products will also be discussed. Finally, description, diagnosis and treatment of the…

Making the most of your blood gas machine

Presenter: Duana McBride
BVSc DipACVECC MVMedSc FHEA MRCVS

Category: Emergency Club

Blood gas measurement can be useful in identifying critical abnormalities in your patients. This lecture will cover the basic fundamentals of blood gas analysis, including how performing these tests can be lifesaving. A step-by- step approach to venous blood gas analysis will be covered, including how to use it as…

Recognition and acute management of raised intracranial pressure

Presenter: Miguel Martinez, Ldo Vet, Cert VA, Dip ECVAA, MRCVS
EBVS and RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Category: Emergency Club

The webinar will cover the different presentations of raised intracranial pressure in dogs and cats as well as the diagnostic tools necessary to confirm the diagnosis. Once the problem is identified we discuss the therapeutic options available and the importance of rapid detection and intervention in this life threatening situation.…

Anaesthesia of the septic patient

Presenter: Alessandra Mathis
DVM, CertVA, DipECVAA, MRCVS
European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia

Category: Emergency Club

In the veterinary patient, sepsis can present in a number of forms and often anaesthesia is required to control the source of infection. Stabilisation of the septic patient is a dynamic and essential step prior to proceeding to anaesthetising these patients. Fluidtherapy, analgesia, antimicrobial therapy and often pressor therapy are…

Analgesia for critical cases

Presenter: Matt Gurney - BVSc CertVA PgCertVBM DipECVAA FRCVS
Head of Anaesthesia, RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar we look at the classes of drugs suitable for use in critical cases in dogs and cats. We review 3 cases and discuss which analgesics are useful in certain situations.

How to deal with the shocked patient

Presenter: Neus Elias LMV PgCert CertAVP(ECC) DipECVECC MRCVS
European Diplomate in Emergency and Critical Care
Vets Now Referrals Hospital, Glasgow

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar we will discuss different types of trauma and diagnostic work up of traumatised patients. Detailed information regarding initial resuscitation and on-going therapeutic strategies will be given including oxygen therapy, fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion. We will also discuss how to approach specific traumatic conditions and we will…

The Ins and Outs of Fluid Therapy

Presenter: Dr. Meredith 't Hoen
Dipl ACVECC, Dipl ECVECC
EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club

There isn't always a clear cut answer on how to best administer fluids to our patients, especially those with comorbidities complicating fluid administration. So how do we make good clinical decisions? The basis to answering this question lies in understanding where various fluids end up in the body after we…

Common Misconceptions

Presenter: Simon Cook
BSc BVSc MVetMed DACVECC DECVECC FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar will take you through a number of commonly encountered conundrums and the evidence bases behind available recommendations. Topics include nutritional management of critically ill in patients, antibiotic use, urethral obstructions and much more.

Biliary emergencies

Presenter: Rachel Hattersley
BVetMed(Hons) CertSAS DECVS MRCVS, RCVS and EBVS specialist in small animal surgery

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar aims to provide an introduction to surgical biliary cases such as cholecystectomy for gall bladder mucoceles and management of biliary peritonitis. We will cover anatomy and physiology of the extrahepatic biliary system and diagnosis, surgical treatment and post-operative management of the more commonly encountered conditions of the extrahepatic…

Help This Animal is Bleeding - What Do I Do?!

Presenter: Nick Bexfield
BVetMed PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA PGDipMEdSci PGCHE AFHEA MRCVS
European Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Body wall ruptures

Presenter: Dr Laura Cuddy
MVB, MS, DACVS-SA, DECVS, DACVSMR, DECVSMR, MRCVS
EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Category: Emergency Club

Traumatic body wall hernias may occur due to blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma. The timing of hernia closure depends on whether organs are incarcerated or strangulated, and whether the patient is systemically stable. Where possible, delayed hernia repair may be preferable to optimise the health of the tissue surrounding the…

Approach to the dyspneic patient

Presenter: Emma Donnelly
BSc (Hons) BVMS MRCVS

Category: Emergency Club

In this session we will cover the approach to the dyspneic patient including preparation and triage of such fragile patients. Reduction of stress is imperative and we will discuss sedation and cage-side imaging with ultrasound to enable us to make decisions regarding emergency treatments. We will cover oxygen delivery and…

Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia

Presenter: Mayank Seth
BSc(Hons) BVetMed(Hons) DACVIM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European, American and RCVS-recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Immune mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA) is a commonly encountered disease in small animal patients. Challenges occur due to frequent misdiagnosis, failure to respond to treatment, thrombotic complications or medication side effects. There are a wide array of treatment options available for clinicians and clients to navigate their way through and…

An update on Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Presenter: Amanda Paul BSc(Hons) BVSc(Hons) MVetSt MVIM MANZCVS MRCVS DipECVIM-CA
RCVS and European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club, Small Animal Practice Club

Diabetic ketoacidosis can cause severe illness and death. Serum hyperosmolarity, osmotic diuresis, and vomiting are common and cause hypovolemia and severe dehydration. Altered mentation from serum hyperosmolarity and oedema, ketosis and increased capillary permeability, acidosis, and electrolyte disturbances can increase the risk for aspiration, nervous tissue injury and seizure activity.…

Effusion Confusion

Presenter: Garret Pachtinger
VMD, DACVECC

Category: Emergency Club

Regardless of whether the patient is a dog or a cat, the criteria for the classification of effusions are the same. As simple as it gets, there are transudates, modified transudates, and exudates. Simply put, that sounds boring! Rather than focus on boring fluid dynamics, this lecture will be a…

Emergency Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Presenter: Yvonne McGrotty BVMS CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European & RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

When diabetes mellitus is uncontrolled, insulin deficiency leads to production of ketone bodies which subsequently lead to metabolic acidosis, dehydration and ketoacidosis (DKA). DKA can be precipitated by factors such as insufficient insulin therapy, bacterial infections, co-morbidities and drugs that antagonise the action of insulin. Dehydration associated with DKA can…

Head Trauma Headaches

Presenter: Helen Wilson BVSc(Hons) MVetMed DipACVECC DipECVECC MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar will take you through how to assess and treat a patient presenting with head trauma. We will discuss the pathophysiology involved in traumatic brain injury. You will learn how to use the Modified Glasgow Coma Score, neurologic posture and pupil sizes to help you assess traumatic brain injury…

Traumatic Brain Injury 

Presenter: Stefano Cortellini DMV MVetMed Dip. ACVECC Dip. ECVECC MRCVS
RCVS recognised specialist in Emergency and Critical Care
Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care, Royal Veterinary College

Category: Emergency Club

Up to 50% of our patients involved in trauma have signs of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This can be an incredibly challenging, yet rewarding, condition to manage but requires attention to key steps: - Recognition: which are the key clinical features of TBI and how can we assess severity -…

Assessment and Stabilisation of the Dyspnoeic Patient

Presenter: Karen Walsh BVetMed DVA DipECVAA MRCVS
European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia

Category: Emergency Club

Treating dyspnoeic patients can be stressful for all concerned- you, the owner and the pet. This webinar will look at the use of clinical examination and ancillary testing to aid in the assessment of the dyspnoeic patient. Often these patients require stabilisation at the same time as assessment, so an…

Emergency diagnostics….how to maximise your practice

Presenter: Duana McBride
BVSc DACVECC MVMedSc FHEA MRCVS

Category: Emergency Club

Do you want to learn how a drop of blood could save a life? Emergency medicine requires critical decision making and immediate action plans to optimise patient outcome. Many clinical decisions are based on our diagnostic tests and correct interpretation of their results. In emergency medicine, these tests must be…

Atrial Fibrillation in the Dog

Presenter: Domingo Casamian-Sorrosal
DVM CertSAM DVC DECVIM-CA MRCVS
RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology
European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club, Small Animal Practice Club

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias in the dog. It is frequently encountered in clinical daily practice. The webinar will help you recognising this arrhythmia by a systematic and careful approach to the ECG. We will discuss “tricks” to help diagnosing this rhythm and avoid confusing it…

What’s new in toxicology?

Presenter: Lindsay Kellett-Gregory BSc(Hons) BVetMed(Hons) DACVECC DECVECC FHEA MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Emergency & Critical Care
Lecturer in Emergency & Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club

Toxicological emergencies are common in small animal patients, can be challenging to manage, and may result in a high degree of morbidity and even mortality. During this webinar we will discuss an approach to the intoxicated small animal patient, with a focus on practical techniques that can be used within…

Shock Tactics: Management of haemorrhagic shock

Presenter: Miguel Martínez Ldo. Vet, Cert VA, Dip ECVAA, MRCVS

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar we will discuss how to recognise circulatory shock and make decisions rapidly and effectively to achieve the best possible outcome. A simple, goal directed approach that allows the veterinary team to use all the available skills and equipment in these stressful clinical scenarios. What are the cardinal…

When a respiratory emergency needs surgery

Presenter: Daniela Murgia DipECVS MRCVS DVM
European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
RCVS Recognized Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)

Category: Emergency Club

In presence of respiratory emergencies stabilization and adequate work up in order to obtain a diagnosis are the key steps for successful management. The diagnostic work up varies depending on whether the upper or the lower respiratory tract is involved. In this webinar it will be dealt with emergency upper…

Avoid the peek and shriek! How to do a good emergency Ex-lap

Presenter: Aidan B. McAlinden MVB CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
ECVS & RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Category: Emergency Club

The ability to perform an Exploratory Laparotomy in a consistent and confident manner is one of the most important and frequently required skills required of a veterinary surgeon in practice. Whilst most of the time the procedure is completed without difficulty, we can all relate to the more challenging cases…

Diagnosis and Management of Feline Arterial Thromboembolism

Presenter: Nuala Summerfield BSc BVM&S DipACVIM(Cardiology) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS
RCVS & European Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology

Category: Emergency Club

Feline arterial thromboembolism (ATE) is a very serious and fairly common complication of myocardial disease in cats. Most cats presenting with ATE will have underlying Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), although many of these cats will have had no symptoms of heart disease prior to experiencing an acute arterial thromboembolic episode. Typically,…

Can’t Eat, Won’t Eat- Practical Approach to Tube Feeding

Presenter: Yvonne McGrotty BVMS CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European & RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Anorexia is a common clinical sign in small animal practice and is associated with a wide variety of diseases. In many cases, failure to provide nutritional support can lead to a catabolic state associated with increased morbidity and prolonged hospital stays. Assisted feeding allows the clinician to supply nutrition to…

The Dos and Don’ts in an Emergency

Presenter: Chiara Valtolina Dipl ACVECC, Dipl ECVECC
European Veterinary Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club, Small Animal Practice Club

It’s important to realise that everyone makes often involuntary mistakes and making mistakes it Is not per se a terrible thing if we learn from them.. repeating them it is. Emergency doctors often have to deal with multiple patients at the time and when the pressure is high, it is…

How to Recognise and Deal with Acute Pain in the Critically Ill Patient

Presenter: Chiara Valtolina
DVM Dipl ACVECC Dipl ECVECC

Category: Emergency Club

Accurate recognition and effective management of pain are an extremely important part of our patient management and as clinician we have both an ethical reason towards our patients that cannot speak for themselves and a medical reason (to reduce morbidity associated to a painful experience) to address pain. Many diseases…

A Practical Approach to GDV

Presenter: Alison Moores BVSc(Hons) CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue), European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar will focus on how to manage a GDV in general practice and how to optimize outcomes. Risk factors will be briefly described so that advice can be given to owners of at risk dogs. Pathophysiology of the disease will be outlined in order for potential effects of GDV…

Management of the Damaged Post-Traumatic Thoracic Wall

Presenter: Daniela Murgia DipECVS MRCVS DVM
RCVS & European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Category: Emergency Club

Patients that have experienced known or suspected thoracic trauma should be carefully evaluated for flail chest, pulmonary contusion or laceration, and diaphragmatic rupture. Skin lacerations in the thoracic region should be examined for deeper wounds that might communicate with the pleural space. Dog bite injuries can be particularly severe because…

Assessing and Managing the Bleeding Patient

Presenter: Dr Kit Sturgess MA VetMB PhD CertVR DSAM CertVC MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Spontaneous bleeding can occur for a variety of reasons and is a life-threatening presentation that requires: 1) Rapid recognition that haemorrhaging is occurring 2) Localisation of the source of bleeding or mechanism that is resulting in haemorrhage 3) Effective management to stabilise the patient This emergency webinar will focus on…

Ketamine - More Than Just a "Horse Tranquiliser"!

Presenter: Shailen Jasani MA VETMB MRCVS DACVECC

Category: Emergency Club

Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist that has been in clinical use for many years. However this agent is receiving increase attention in more recent times in both human and veterinary medicine as more comes to be known about its dose-dependent spectrum of action from analgesia to sedation to dissociation,…

Managing Complications of Surgery

Presenter: Alison Moores BVSc(Hons) CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue), European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Category: Emergency Club

Unfortunately it is not possible to perform surgery without the risk of complications. It is therefore important to recognize which complications may occur and to know how to reduce the chance of them occurring. Measures can be taken in patient preparation, decision-making and surgical technique to reduce the risk. Owners…

Corneal Ulcers – Recognising and Managing Emergencies

Presenter: Claudia Busse Dr.med vet MRCVS CertVOphthal DipECVO

Category: Emergency Club

Dogs and cats with corneal lesions are commonly presented in general practice. This webinar will help the practitioner to distinguish simple corneal ulcers from corneal defects that present true ocular emergencies, such as deep stromal defects, perforations, corneal lacerations and corneal foreign bodies. The management of these defects will be…

Anaesthesia for the Head Trauma Patient

Presenter: Matt Gurney BVSc CertVA DipECVAA MRCVS
RCVS & European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia

Category: Emergency Club

One of the key factors in managing the head trauma patient relates to stabilisation prior to anaesthesia. With knowledge of the pathophysiology with head trauma you can start to understand how best to manage these cases. Ensuring the pet is comfortable is a prime concern and we will examine the…

Rational Antibiotic Use in Emergency and Critical Care Situations

Presenter: Daniel L. Chan DVM DACVECC DACVN DECVECC FHEA MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Emergency & Critical Care

Category: Emergency Club

Veterinary use of antimicrobial agents has come under close scrutiny as the global healthcare problem of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections has become one of the most important issues for healthcare providers. Although many think this is mostly due to use of antimicrobials by the food animal industry it is clear…

Neonates Are Not Just Small Adults! Physiological Differences and How to Recognise and Deal With Shock and Dehydration

Presenter: Chiara Valtolina DVM, Dipl ACVECC, Dipl ECVECC
Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University.

Category: Emergency Club

Neonates and pediatric patients (puppy and kittens) are often presented as emergency and it is our task as emergency clinicians, to recognize rapidly life threatening underlying problems, like hypoglycaemia and shock, so that stabilization can be promptly initiated. What we often tend to forget, is that crucial differences exist in…

Pericardial Disease

Presenter: Yvonne McGrotty BVMS CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European & RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Internal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar we will review both congenital and acquired pericardial disease in small animals. The logical approach to the patient with suspected pericardial effusion will be discussed alongside treatment options. Treatment options and prognosis for pericardial effusion vary considerably dependent on the underlying diagnosis. It is important to identify…

The Disease Got Better But the Patient Got Worse! Common Complications During Hospitalisation

Presenter: Mayank Seth BSc(Hons), BVetMed(Hons), DACVIM(SAIM),
DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS
American, European and Royal College Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Head of Small Animal Internal Medicine, The Animal Health Trust

Category: Emergency Club

Critically ill patients are often hospitalised for several days while their underlying disease is investigated and treated. It is not uncommon for patients to develop new clinical signs during their hospitalisation, despite an apparent improvement in their primary disease process. Sometimes these new clinical signs represent a complication of the…

How to Deal with Acute Kidney Injury

Presenter: Shailen Jasani MA VetMB MRCVS DipACVECC

Category: Emergency Club

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a rapid reduction in renal function that may be due to a variety of causes broadly classified as pre-renal, renal and post-renal. Intrinsic renal causes include toxins, including nephrotoxic drugs, as well as infections. In this webinar we will consider the causes, pathogenesis (initiation, extension,…

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Presenter: Simon Tappin MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European & RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Category: Emergency Club

Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex disorder caused by hepatic dysfunction, leading to neurological effects of increased levels of toxins that are normally cleared from the circulation by the liver. This webinar will start with a review of the pathophysiology behind hepatic encephalopathy, the disease processes that cause it and how…

Pleural Diseases

Presenter: Alison Moores BVSc(Hons) CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)
European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Category: Emergency Club

The webinar will start with how to recognize different respiratory patterns in order to differentiate pleural disease from other causes of dyspnoea. Following the recognition of suspected pleural disease, one has to consider how to provide emergency treatment to a dog or cat. Diagnostic tests will be described and the…

Trauma and the Urinary Tract

Presenter: Catherine Sturgeon BVetMed(hons) CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Surgery
(Soft Tissue)

Category: Emergency Club

This webinar will take you on a guided tour through the upper and lower urinary tract and how different traumatic events such as a road traffic accident or an iatrogenic injury can impact on those organs. How do these patients present, which diagnostic tests are most useful and how can…

Management of a Hypoadrenocortical Crisis

Presenter: Yvonne McGrotty BVMS CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
European & RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Canine hypoadrenocorticism is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening condition which requires rapid diagnosis and emergency treatment to optimise outcome. In this webinar we will discuss the clinical presentation and diagnosis of this unusual disease in dogs. The initial challenge is to recognise and correctly diagnose the Addisonian patient; the current…

CPR: BLS, ALS and New Guidelines from RECOVER

Presenter: Chiara Valtolina DVM Dipl ACVECC
Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University

Category: Emergency Club

Cessation of effective circulating blood flow and ventilation constitutes cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) that leads to inadequate oxygen delivery to tissue, shock and death. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation refers to re-establishing blood flow to the cerebral and coronary systems in the event of CPA by performing manual cardiac and thoracic compressions and manual…

Do Strokes Happen in Dogs?

Presenter: Dr Laurent Garosi DVM Dip ECVN MRCVS
RCVS & European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
Head of Neurology/Neurosurgery- Davies Veterinary Specialists

Category: Emergency Club

The term cerebrovascular disease is defined as any abnormality of the brain resulting from a pathological process compromising its blood supply. Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the most common clinical presentation of cerebrovascular disease and is defined as a clinical syndrome characterized by the abrupt onset of a neurological…

The Emergency Approach to Anaemia

Presenter: Simon Tappin MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
RCVS and European Veterinary Specialist in Internal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

Anaemia is a common presentation for emergency patients, but has a variety of underlying causes, with quite different aetiologies and treatments. This webinar will focus on the approach to these, often unstable, patients. Starting initially with a review of red cell physiology before focusing initially on the presentation, clinical examination…

A Simple Approach to Acid-Base

Presenter: Dr Amy Dickinson DVM DACVECC
Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center

Category: Emergency Club

Disturbances of acid-base occur commonly in small animal emergency and critical care patients, and it is becoming standard practice to have rapid access to point of care analyzers that can measure acid base and blood gas values. Changes in acid-base status reflect abnormalities in the metabolic system, respiratory system, or…

Management of SIRS and Sepsis

Presenter: Ava Firth BS DVM MVS MANZCVSc DACVECC MRCVS
Clinical Training Specialist, Vets Now Nottingham

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar Ava Firth will discuss the basic mechanisms of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis and show how they result in organ dysfunction in the critically ill patient. Ava will also discuss common conditions that predispose to SIRS – the Six Icky Sickies! Early recognition is…

The Emergency Lab Database

Presenter: Dan Holden BVetMed DVA DipECVA CertSAM MRCVS

Category: Emergency Club

Not every sick entire bitch is a pyo! Many emergencies present with very non-specific clinical signs (collapse, vomiting, seizures, dyspnoea), and physical examination alone may not provide all the answers. Some basic laboratory data is therefore invaluable as part of the process of assessment & stabilisation, whether it be managing…

Heat Stroke

Presenter: Chiara Valtolina DVM Research Doctorate Dipl. ACVECC
Specialist of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
University of Utrecht, the Netherlands

Category: Emergency Club

Severe hyperthermia or heat stroke, is a relatively common condition in the emergency and critical care settings, secondary to increased muscular activity (working dogs, seizuring animals) or secondary to inadequate heat dissipation ( heatstroke). Severe hyperthermia and heat stroke are responsible for significant deleterious cardiovascular, respiratory , neurological and metabolic…

A Rational Approach to the Collapsed Dog – What Do I Need to Do in the First Hour?

Presenter: Dr Kit Sturgess MA VetMB PhD CertVR DASM CertVC MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar, Dr Kit Sturgess discusses how to approach collapsed dogs from preparing for their arrival, key historical questions for the owner, interpretation of physical examination findings through to delivery of initial treatment. He reviews appropriate in-house testing with the emphasis on which tests need to be done, how…

Status Epilepticus

Presenter: Professor Simon Platt BVM&S Dipl. ACVIM (Neurology) Dipl. ECVN MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia

Category: Emergency Club

In this webinar Professor Simon Platt discusses the different stages of seizures and Status Epilepticus, the various effects it may have on your patients and how to effectively manage them.