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Anaesthesia (27 hours)
Explore a range of topics from airway management to analgesia. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. Pre-hospital oral sedation for aggressive dogs (60 mins)
2. Patient anaesthetic safety in veterinary practice (20 mins)
3. Fluid therapy in the neonatal and paediatric patient (60 mins)
4. Breathe easy – alternative airway management (60 mins)
5. Anaesthesia protocols for caesarean sections (20 mins)
6. Capnography and beyond: airway gas analysis (60 mins)
7. How to place a jugular catheter (40 mins)
8. Lumbo-sacral epidural anaesthesia (60 mins)
Cardiology (6 hours)
Explore a range of topics from arrhythmias to echocardiography. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. Identifying heart murmurs and other heart sounds: should I investigate them all? (20 mins)
2. An update on the practical use of NT-proBNP in dogs and cats (20 mins)
3. Diuretic treatment of dogs with CHF (20 mins)
4. Auscultation: back to the basics (20 mins)
5. Cardiology – cardiac arrhythmias: diagnosis and treatment (80 mins)
6. Does medical or surgical treatment for aortic stenosis improve outcome in dogs? (20 mins)
7. Nutritional recommendations in canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (20 mins)
8. Nursing feline patients with heart disease and heart failure (20 mins)
Diagnostic imaging (7 hours)
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1. Ultrasound for emergency and critical care patients (60 mins)
2. It’s as easy as ABC. The simple and lifesaving basics of thoracic ultrasound (60 mins)
3. Diagnostic imaging case study: Scruffy (40 mins)
4. Reliability of CT scans in the diagnosis of intervertebral disc extrusion in dogs (20 mins)
5. Advanced imaging in exotics: advantages and limitations (60 mins)
6. Oncology without a CT scanner. What can I do in house? (60 mins)
7. Advanced echocardiography modalities in equine practice (20 mins)
8. Imaging the bladder in small animals (20 mins)
Emergency and critical care (31 hours)
Explore a range of topics from AKI to seizures. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. Newborn resuscitation following dystocia or caesarean section (20 mins)
2. Feline blood transfusion (20 mins)
3. Managing gastrointestinal stasis in small mammals (20 mins)
4. Gastropexy in the dog (60 mins)
5. Bandaging, wound management and dressing selection (40 mins)
6. Don’t stress – just start to compress (60 mins)
7. Oxygen supplementation techniques (20 mins)
8. Treating the worst heart failure cases in dogs: beyond standard heart failure therapy (20 mins)
Equine practice (13 hours)
Explore a range of topics from sinusitis to chronic non-healing wounds. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. Surgical removal of soft tissue masses in horses (20 mins)
2. Sleep deprivation in horses? (20 mins)
3. Open field castration (20 mins)
4. Equine pain scoring for veterinary nurses (20 mins)
5. An update on equine endemic and exotic diseases (UK perspective) (60 mins)
6. Equine anaesthesia for veterinary nurses (20 mins)
7. You suspect a case of African horse sickness. What happens next? (60 mins)
8. Advanced echocardiography modalities in equine practice (20 mins)
Exotics (12 hours)
Explore a range of topics from conditions in raptors to tortoises. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. Managing gastrointestinal stasis in small mammals (20 mins)
2. Viral diseases of companion parrots (20 mins)
3. Pain management in the avian patient (20 mins)
4. Adrenal disease in ferrets (20 mins)
5. Emergency triage and critical care assessment for raptors (20 mins)
6. A curious chameleon case (20 mins)
7. Zoonoses of exotic pets (20 mins)
8. Case study: rabbits (Bonnie and Clyde) (40 mins)
Farm animal (15 hours)
Explore a range of topics from heat detection to endoscopy. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. Q fever – diagnosis and management (20 mins)
2. Enzootic abortion in ewes (20 mins)
3. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy – a forgotten disease? (20 mins)
4. Lower limb fractures in calves (20 mins)
5. Heat detection in dairy cattle (20 mins)
6. Certification pitfalls in farm animal practice (20 mins)
7. Pet pigs – the veterinary approach to common problems and the concern of notifiable disease (60 mins)
8. Hardware disease in cattle – not a straightforward diagnosis (20 mins)
Feline practice (15 hours)
Explore a range of feline specific topics from cardiology to gastroenterology. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. A step-by-step guide to running blood pressure clinics (20 mins)
2. Feline epilepsy: differentiating, diagnosing and treating seizures in cats (20)
3. Nutritional management of diabetes mellitus in cats (20 mins)
4. Feline anaesthesia- Lessons 1-4 (240 mins)
5. Feline respiratory medicine: an interactive case study (40 mins)
6. Blood transfusion in the feline patient- Parts 1 and 2 (160 mins)
7. Feline behaviour in the hospital (60 mins)
8. How to treat a cat you suspect has an allergy (60 mins)
Neurology (10 hours)
Explore a range of topics from epilepsy to tetanus. Below are some of our most popular courses:
1. A spotlight on the treatment of non-infectious meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs (20 mins)
2. Acute spinal disorders (80 mins)
3. Anaesthesia for the spinal patient – Part 1 and 2 (120 mins)
4. Tick-borne encephalitis – should we be concerned? (20 mins)
5. Vestibular syndrome: peripheral and central neurological signs (20 mins)
6. Top tips for your neuro exam in practice (60 mins)
7. Rehabilitation of common neurological conditions (20 mins)
8. Thoracolumbar disc disease: to cut or not to cut? (60 mins)
Small animal surgery (37 hours)
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1. Soft tissue surgery – clinical cases (60 mins)
2. Fear free approach to large traumatic wounds (80 mins)
3. Mast cell tumours – A practical approach (60 mins)
4. Surgical treatment of ureteric obstruction (60 mins)
5. Conquering the fear: Splenic tumours (60 mins)
6. The perfect TECA (60 mins)
7. Is tibial tuberosity advancement better than lateral suture in small dogs with cruciate disease? (20 mins)
8. Canine and feline patellar luxation. Possible mistakes and how to learn (80 mins)
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