In the early 2000s, POCUS was first studied in animals extrapolated from human medicine. The first study examined free fluid in the abdominal cavity after blunt trauma, demonstrating that POCUS was both sensitive and specific for this type of examination. Since then, an array of studies on dogs, cats, and other species have been conducted, continually expanding the realm of POCUS. Originally intended for critically ill patients, POCUS has become a diagnostic method used for both critically ill patients, daily assessments but also chronic diseases.
Advantages:
Course Content: Theoretical overview of abdominal POCUS: • Learn evidence-based protocols for POCUS examination of free fluid in the abdomen. • Learn to diagnose conditions such as free fluid in the abdomen, pneumoperitoneum, gallbladder edema, volume estimation of the bladder, and more. Theoretical overview of pleural space and lung POCUS: • Learn evidence-based protocols for POCUS examination of the pleural and lung space. • Learn to diagnose conditions such as pleural effusion, aspiration pneumonia, lung contusions, pneumothorax, and more. Theoretical overview of cardiac POCUS: • Learn evidence-based protocols for POCUS examination of the heart. • Learn emergency scans of the heart to more confidently rule in or out cardiac diseases such as: pericardial effusion, forward and backwards failure, right or left sided heart failure. Theoretical overview of volume status and procedural POCUS: • Get more information about volume status and feel more confident in evaluating your patient’s needs - by assessing the caudal vena cava and heart. • Be ready to get all the vascular access you need by learning ultrasound-guided aspirations which can be used in various locations (abdominocentesis, cystocentesis, IV access on difficult vessels, and arterial blood samples).
Practical Exercises: Each area has a practical session with the combination of live dogs, cadavers or models. The session starts with a demonstration and the participants are divided into smaller groups and is guided by our instructors.
Who Should Attend the Course: This course is ideal for veterinarians with ultrasound experience as well as those who have never used an ultrasound probe before. The course emphasizes the ability to implement the diagnostic method immediately after completion, offering many practical tips and tricks. The course is also suitable for veterinary nurses, especially those focusing on emergency and intensive care patients.
Why: This course will provide you with fundamental tools to implement POCUS as part of your daily clinical practice, a diagnostic method you will soon use every day. It will increase patient safety, client satisfaction, and allow you to provide superior patient care.
Feedback from previous course attendees: • "The level of information made it very useful and easy to implement in daily clinical practice after the course." • "Hugo had a very good and calm teaching style for beginners, and this combined with the high level of knowledge made the course fantastic!"
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Hugo Swanstein Dyrlæge, head of communications subcommittee at VECCUS (Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Ultrasound Interest Group, KU Sund og Katharina Lunde, Dyrlæge, GPCert(SAS)(ORTH)
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