Nutrition of the Critical Patient
The field of clinical nutrition and its impact on disease is expanding at an incredible rate. Already, we know that optimum nutrition can increase the lifespan of animals, effectively manage - and even cure disease conditions, and result in improvement in quality of life.
- 6 Structured CPD Points
- RACE Non-Interactive CE
- Ideal for Veterinarians
- 4 Months Access
COURSE FEE
AUD 199
Training 5 or more people?
Enroll 5 or more members of your practice and avail a special discount on the course fee!
This course includes:
- 4-month access to your course! Sign up now, and get 120 days to complete your course!
- Course ebook: your course notes are provided in a convenient pdf ebook that you can download to your device - meaning your notes will be wherever you are!
- Extra resources: your course notes are just the beginning. We have provided extra reading materials, journal articles, and other information to enhance your learning experience.
- Tutorial Recordings: we have made available, recordings from live tutorials held during the 2023 synchronous version of this course. Simply click on the link to either view or download the MP4 recording to your computer or device!
- Quiz assessment: To help enhance your learning experience, there is a timed quiz for you to take. You can take the quiz at any time over the 6 weeks you have course access.
- CPD certificate: On successful completion of your course quiz, you can download your RACE-approved CPD certificate - so you get the CPD credit you deserve.
What you'll learn
This exciting course has been written specifically for veterinary technicians and nurses – and will cover the fundamentals of how to effectively provide nutritional support to the dog or cat with emergency illness. We’ll also present many of the recent advances in our understanding of optimal nutritional support in critically ill patients – all presented in a user-friendly, unbiased format, so that you get the information you need to know about in order to provide the best care and advice for small animals in your practice!
We begin with a discussion of what happens to a healthy patient that is fasting – and then look at what happens to an animal that is fasting when they are sick and unwell, to determine just how urgent early nutritional support is in these patients. We’ll also take a look at specific nutritional requirements of emergency and critically ill patients – and why they are different from healthy patients.
This tutorial will focus on feeding the patient – from feeding tube placement, care and complications, to how to provide nutritional support to your patient. We’ll also introduce the concept of micro-enteral nutrition, and how it can improve tolerance of critical care nutrition, when feeding begins, and will conclude with details on how to introduce complex nutrition to your emergency patient.
This tutorial will focus on the specifics of providing nutritional support to the emergency patient with specific disease – including kidney disease, trauma, gastrointestinal dysfunction, diabetes among others. We’ll conclude with a section specifically dealing with the complications of nutritional support- including re-feeding syndrome, gastrointestinal upset, anaemia and more.
Speaker
BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)
Course Reviews
"Hello Phil and thank you so much for another wonderful course! I really enjoy learning from you - your teaching technique is fabulous and the resources and notes you provide are just so informative!"
"Thanks so much for all your advice and teaching. With so much information around these days, your evidence-based clarification goes a long way! You and your work are very valued at this practice."
"Thank you for your wonderful resources and course. It is fantastic to be able to access it in such a flexible manner. I got a lot out of your notes, presentations and extras that I will refer to often in my work."
"I want to acknowledge and thank you for the tremendous amount of quality information you have imparted to us during this course."
Don't miss out on this exciting learning opportunity!
10% early bird discount
COURSE FEE
AUD 199
Training 5 or more people?
Enroll 5 or more members of your practice and avail a special discount on the course fee!
