Surgical Emergencies
A four week online tutored CPD course with Elle Haskey and Katie Gray
Following completion of the tutored course, you now have unlimited lifetime access to the learning resources. These are provided for future reference only, and no further CPD hours may be claimed for reviewing the materials.
Week 1
Approach to the Caesarean Patient
- Brief overview of parturition
- Complications of parturition
- Caesarean section
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Explain complications that might occur in parturition
- Explain the reasons for intervening in these cases in order to perform a C section
- Understand nursing of the caesarean patient
Week 2
The GDV Patient
- Physiology of GDV
- Diagnosis
- Stabilisation of the GDV
- Anaesthesia considerations
- Post-operative nursing
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Understand the physiology of a GDV and list some of the common risk factors associated with this condition
- Describe how a GDV is diagnosed and which tests can help us to identify this condition in the emergency patient
- List the common stabilisation techniques in the emergency patient including management of shock and commonly used gastric decompression techniques
- Discuss anaesthesia considerations and how to make the patient a safe candidate for surgery
- Describe the nursing considerations for the post-operative GDV case and the factors which need to be included in the care plan of the hospitalised patient
Week 3
Nursing the Septic Abdomen Patient
- What are SIRS and sepsis?
- Recognising sepsis
- The use of diagnostic tools in the veterinary practice to help recognise a septic abdomen
- Nursing management of a septic abdomen
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Describe SIRS and sepsis and the difference between them
- Understand how to recognise sepsis in veterinary patients
- List the different tests we have available in practice that can be used to help identify a septic abdomen
- Explain how patients with a septic abdomen can best be nursed in practice, pre-, peri and post operatively
Week 4
Haemoabdomen
- Physiology of haemoabdomen
- Diagnosis
- Stabilisation of the haemoabdomen
- Anaesthesia considerations
- Post-operative nursing
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Understand the physiology of a haemoabdomen and list some of the common causes associated with this condition
- Describe how a haemoabdomen is diagnosed and which tests can help us to identify this condition in the emergency patient
- List the common stabilisation techniques in the emergency patient including management of shock
- Discuss anaesthesia considerations and how to make the patient a safe candidate for surgery
- Describe the nursing considerations for the post-operative haemoabdomen case and the factors which need to be included in the care plan of the hospitalised patient
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