Small Animal Cardiology for Veterinary Nurses
This course will cover what heart disease is - covering the major causes of heart disease in dogs and cats. This is followed by what YOU should know about ECG's, taking diagnostic thoracic radiographs
- Vet Nurse/Tech
- Starts August 4, 2025
- 19:30 AEST
- 4 Weeks
- RACE pending (Interactive)
- 20 Structured CPD Points
10% early bird discount

COURSE FEE
AUD 386 347
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Training 5 or more people?
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This course includes:
- Live Online Weekly Tutorials
- Access to Tutorial Recordings
- 20 Structured CPD (RACE-pending)
- Protocols For Your Practice
- Graded Course Assessment
- Discussion Forums
- Comprehensive Learning Resources
- Extra Course Resources
What you'll learn
Cardiac disease is a common occurrence amongst patients in small animal veterinary practice. Symptoms can range from mild lethargy and exercise intolerance, requiring a stable case work-up, to a full-on emergency requiring immediate intervention in order to save a patient’s life. This course will cover what heart disease is – covering the major causes of heart disease in dogs and cats. This is followed by what YOU should know about ECG’s, taking diagnostic thoracic radiographs – and even how to go about accurately interpreting them, through to what you should know about the many heart medications that may be prescribed to your heart patients – including monitoring requirements, client advice and much more.
This week we will look at how to properly examine a patient’s heart, and we’ll describe the major heart diseases that affect both dogs and cats, outline how they cause disease, how heart disease progresses, and introduce ways we can slow progression! What’s more there’s even some special audio and video resources to help you as well!
Cardiac patients nearly always require thoracic radiographs as part of their disease work-up. This week we will look at the principles behind radiography of the thorax, how to take a good thoracic radiograph, and how to begin the process of accurately interpreting what YOU see on the film – including heart size changes, lung field changes, and a host of other things on the radiograph. We’ll even look at an introduction to cardiac ultrasound too!
This week, we will look at ECGs! We’ll look at how an ECG is formed, how to take a good ECG, and how to interpret what you are looking at on an ECG tracing – and more importantly, what it means for your patient – along with some medications you should know about in the treatment of abnormal heart rhythm!
This week, we will look at heart medications – and what YOU should know about them. We will look at how to monitor the heart patient – both in-hospital and as an outpatient. All this will finish off with a review of emergency management of heart failure from a vet nursing perspective.
Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this course, the participant will have a sound knowledge of the following:
- How the development of heart disease affects body circulation and regulation, and how this leads to the progression of heart disease, and the clinical signs that the patients show
- How to correctly prepare and position a patient for diagnostic radiographs of the thorax, and cardiac ultrasound, as well as TFAST
- How to identify cardiac enlargement and abnormal lung patterns associated with heart failure in the dog and cat
- The latest in diagnostic tests for heart disease in the dog and cat, including biomarkers and ultrasound diagnostics
- How to identify common arrhythmias in dogs and cats
- The latest treatment recommendations for heart disease in dogs and cats, and how to monitor response to treatment
Course Tutor
10% early bird discount

COURSE FEE
AUD 386 347
Get Early Bird Discount Alerts
Be the First to Know When Enrolments Open!
Looking to Enroll Groups of 5 or More?
Enroll 5 or more members of your practice and avail a special discount on the course fee!
Course Reviews
“I have enjoyed the course so much. Thank you for everything! I am so glad I signed up because it truly was above and beyond my expectations”
“Thank you so much for this course Philip. You are a great teacher and speaker”
“Really enjoy the presentations delivered during the emergency course. They are fantastic. Some of the best lectures around.”
“Can’t praise the course content highly enough - and love the protocols.”