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Home | Courses | Practical emergency skills for the small animal nurse
Practical emergency skills for the small animal nurse
Two-day practical course for veterinary nurses
Principal Tutor: Dan Holden BVetMed DVA DipECVA CertSAM MRCVS
Dan qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1991. He has spent nearly all of his professional life involved in anaesthesia, emergency medicine and intensive care in small animals in both academia and private practice. Since 2005 he has worked in his own firstopinion and referral practice in Somerset.
Course content
Small animal accident and emergency medicine is a discipline that hinges on effective teamwork. Nurses are crucial team members as they can anticipate the patient’s needs, recognise acute changes before they become crises and provide effective primary care. This course will focus on the skills nurses need in patient assessment, stabilisation, monitoring and crisis intervention.
Key Learning Objectives:

Who should attend

This course will be aimed primarily at nurses working in emergency clinics, but will be suitable for all qualified nurses in small animal practice.

 

What the course will help the attendees to do

• Recognise the true emergency

• Perform effective primary surveys

• Provide suitable primary care for the dyspnoeic patient

• Assess the patient’s haemodynamic status

• Perform effective monitoring and learn when to intervene

 

Key Learning Objectives

By the end of this course delegates should have a thorough understanding of:

 

• Rapid and effective patient triage

• Recognition and primary management of immediately life-threatening conditions

• Effective vascular access

• Oxygen therapy and its indications

• Principles of fluid therapy in the patient with shock
Venues and Dates:
Location: Swindon
Date: 15/06/2009
Course Code: 9NEMT2D6S

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Course Times:Registration and coffee 9am. Course starts 9.30am and finishes 5.30pm each day
Course Fees:£399.00 plus VAT (£458.85 in total) This includes tuition, course notes, access to notes online before and after the course, all refreshments and a buffet meal
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