The Sweetness That Could Kill You: DKA
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Karen Roach, RVT, VTS (ECC)
Karen Roach, RVT, VTS (ECC)
Karen Roach, RVT, VTS, is originally from the east coast of Canada. She graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College’s Animal Health Technology program in 1994. In 1997, after working for several years in general practice, she accepted a position with the newly opened Metro Animal Emergency Clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was the first after- hours veterinary emergency clinic to open in Atlantic Canada. In 2000, she completed a1-year veterinary technician internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York, NY. It was here that Ms. Roach developed a keen interest in anesthesia, as well as emergency and critical care medicine. After completing the internship, she returned to the Metro Animal Emergency Clinic, and eventually began working toward becoming a veterinary technician specialist in emergency/critical care. She completed this designation in 2013, and in June 2014, left her native Canada and to move to New Jersey. After 4 years at NorthStar Vets in Robbinsville, she decided to make a change, and become a training mentor at Mount Laurel Animal Hospital in September 2018.
Overview:
Diabetic ketoacidosis, one of the most challenging and interesting metabolic conditions to treat. It is so much more than just a mildly sick diabetic patient, and you need all your nursing skills and knowledge to successfully treat this problem. Having a DKA patient recover and go home is one of the most rewarding things you will experience, but how do you get them to that point?
Learning Objectives:
- Brief overview of what DKA is
- What are the main blood work parameters that we look at in DKA patients
- The specific nursing concerns with DKA patients
- Treatment concerns with DKA patients
- Prognosis of patients with DKA
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
This activity is sponsored by Mount Laurel Animal Hospital.
