Critical Care and Nursing

Catalog description

Reading, lecture, case-discussions, and laboratory practice introduce emergency and critical care topics including clinical triage, assessment of polytrauma, cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation CPCR, and the physiologic and metabolic monitoring techniques appropriate to the veterinary critical care unit. Course emphasis is how technicians and medical teams prepare for a variety of emergency presentations including shock, fluid and transfusion medicine, pain assessment and management, hypoventilation and airway control, common intoxications, and metabolic emergencies. This course also considers technicians’ perspectives and participation in hospice and end-of-life concerns.