Course Description
Clinical problem solving in daytime emergency, critical care, basic and advanced monitoring, diagnostic procedures, and treatment. Students will have primary case responsibility for critical patients in ICU and assist with triage, admission, and workup of emergency cases.
Athena Title
Emergency and Critical Care
Non-Traditional Format
This course is a senior clinical rotation taught in a two or three week period, where 2 hours in clinic equals 1 contact (40 hours per week divided by 2 equals 20 contacts per week or 1.3 credit hours per week).
Prerequisite
Must be fourth year veterinary student
Pre or Corequisite
SAMS 5100
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
The student will learn how to handle emergency cases presented to a veterinary practice and feel comfortable with their management. Students completing this course should have functional knowledge of practice of emergency and critical care medicine. Students should have knowledge of concepts basic to care of critical patients including triage, fluid therapy, shock, SIRS/MODS, dyspnea, and CPR. Students should understand monitoring of clinical patients including: physiologic determinants, methods of measurement, and interpretation of data. Students should be able to perform each technique and interpret data from clinical patients. Students will become familiar with the art of triage with emergency cases and learn to prioritize diagnostics appropriate to an emergency setting.
Topical Outline
Caseload will determine specific topics covered in this elective. General topics of triage, shock, fluid therapy, blood gas interpretation, and monitoring techniques will be covered.
Syllabus
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