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

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COURSE FEE

AUD 386 347

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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

BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)

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”
Annie
Australia
“Thank you so much for this course Philip. You are a great teacher and speaker”
Nell
Australia
“Really enjoy the presentations delivered during the emergency course. They are fantastic. Some of the best lectures around.”
Helen
Canada
“Can’t praise the course content highly enough - and love the protocols.”
Hannah
New Zealand

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Dr Philip Judge

BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Clin Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)

Philip graduated from Massey University in New Zealand in 1992, and spent 7 years in small animal practice before undertaking a 3-year residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Melbourne in 1998.

Following his residency, Philip worked for nearly 6 years at the Animal Emergency Centre in Melbourne, becoming the Senior Veterinarian at the centre in 2004. In 2006, Philip undertook a 1-year surgical externship before moving to Townsville to take up the position of Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at JCU. Philip is also co-founder, and director of Vet Education Pty Ltd (www.veteducation.com) – one of Australia’s leading providers of online continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary nurses.

Philip has published numerous manuals and guides concerning emergency medicine, including a CRI manual, haematology and biochemistry interpretation guide, emergency anaesthesia guide, and a ventilation therapy manual for small animals, in addition to being published in peer reviewed literature.

Philip’s key interests in veterinary science include respiratory emergencies, ventilation therapy, envenomations and toxicology.