“Beating” the Odds of Cardiac Emergencies
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Christopher G. Byers, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM, CVJ
Christopher G. Byers, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM, CVJ
Dr. Christopher G. Byers is a practicing board-certified veterinary emergency & critical care and small animal internal medicine specialist, as well as a certified veterinary journalist, based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his Bachelor of Science degree as a University Honors Scholar in Animal Sciences from Colorado State University and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University. He is the Co-Editor of the textbooks, Feline Emergency & Critical Care Medicine and Canine Emergency & Critical Care Medicine. He has also published chapters and articles in numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed medical journals.
Overview:
Patients may be presented to emergency rooms and urgent care centers with a variety diseases affecting the heart. Learners will review relevant pathophysiology, presentation, diagnostic testing, and therapies some of the most common cardiac emergencies affecting cats and dogs.
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.