The Days of Our 9 Lives: Kitties in Crisis
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Erica Brandt, CVT, VTS (ECC)
Erica Brandt, CVT, VTS (ECC)
Erica Brandt CVT, VTS (ECC) Erica is the Hospital Director at WestVet in Meridian Idaho.Erica passed her VTS exam in 2009 to become one of the first VTS (ECC) in Idaho. Sheserved as the president of the Idaho Society of Veterinary Technicians and Assistants forten years. She is passionate about emergency medicine, anesthesia, surgery, felinemedicine, and the profession of Veterinary Technology in general. When not helping pets,teaching, or mentoring her amazing team, she enjoys anything outdoors with her husbandCurtis and her two children Sean and Alexandra.
Overview:
Care of felines presenting in emergent situations can be particularly challenging. This presentation provides an overview of some of the various disease processes which can result in the need for felines to receive emergent care. This will include discussion regarding the clinical signs of these disease processes including shock. The primary emphasis, however, is focused on anticipating and caring for the needs of the distressed feline. This will include providing immediate care essential to diagnose and treatt hese delicate patients while minimizing stress. There is also discussion about how to best provide for the needs of hospitalized felines after an emergent event.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize an emergency in feline patients.
- Understand signs of shock in feline patients.
- Create tools to meet the challenges of working with feline patients.
- Learning how to perform a quick initial assessment on feline patients.
- Learn how to evaluate pain in feline patients
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
