Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Elective

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Description: Emergency conditions and patients In shock states require rapid assessment, evaluation, Interpretation of the parameters, and Institution of the appropriate treatment to improve the patient’s prognosis. This course will provide resources to prepare the student for these very common situations In emergency and critical care medicine. The course is based on lectures, case-based discussions, end two practical activities. In the first practical activity, students will be able to practice thoracocentesls, abdominocentesie, chest tube placement, endotracheal intubation, venous access via cutdown technique, and tracheostomy tube placement. Cadavers will be used for this activity. The second practical activity will involve monitoring techniques such as ECO tracing interpretation, performing a FAST scan, performing blood pressure measurement pulse oximetry placement and evaluation, and basic analysis of a blood gas.