Course Description
Clinical rotation in large animal emergency medicine and surgery. Students will participate in the admission, work-up, and treatment of large animal emergencies after hours. Additionally, participants will help with treatments on critical patients in the hospital and take part in topic and case based rounds.
Athena Title
LA Emergency and Critical Care
Non-Traditional Format
This is a fourth-year clinical rotation where two hours in clinic equals one contact (40 hours per week divided by 2 equals 20 contact per week or 1.3 credit hours per week).
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
By the end of the course the student should be able to successfully complete the following objectives: 1. Based on a referring veterinarian’s history and initial workup develop an appropriate plan and gather the equipment that will be necessary for initial evaluation, 2. Perform and interpret an expedient, directed physical examination, 3. Using a problem oriented approach, develop a plan for stabilization, diagnostics, and treatment 4. Perform and interpret diagnostic tests, 5. Assist with surgical and medical treatment, 6. Complete an accurate, complete, and concise initial SOAP and case summary, 7. Follow-up on cases that remain in the hospital and after discharge.
Topical Outline
Students will participate in 1 hour of teaching rounds from on the days the course instructor is on emergency duty. An example of the rounds topics is listed below (subject to change). Following rounds, the clinician, house officer(s), and students will walk through the hospital and check in with the medicine and surgery services. The group will review what has happened with previous emergencies and identify any new cases that may require close monitoring and/or further treatment that evening. Overnight, students will be responsible for admitting all emergency cases and assisting with treatments on critical cases (i.e. checking for nasogastric reflux, monitoring clinical signs, etc.). On weekends, students will be included in the emergency and treatment duty schedule with the medicine and surgery students. Day Topic 1 Colic Workup—Equine 2 Colic Case Discussion—Two 30min Cases 3 Ruminant and Camelid GI Emergencies 4 Colitis and Endotoxemia 5 Student Case Presentations 6 Dystocia—Equine, Ruminant, and Camelid 7 Lacerations and Septic Synovial Stuctures 8 Fracture Stabilization 9 Neonatal Emergencies 10 Student Case Presentations 11 Respiratory Emergencies 12 Neurologic Emergencies 13 Urogenital Emergencies 14 Emergency Jeopardy 15 Student Case Presentations
Syllabus
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