Emergency & Critical Care I

Name: Emergency & Critical Care I
Start: 2026-05-18T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-22T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Online

Registration open

Principal Course Master(s):

Dr. Nadja Sigrist, Dipl. ACVECC, Dipl. ECVECC (CH)

Course Master(s):

Dr. Katja-Nicole Adamik, Dipl. ACVECC/ECVECC (CH)

Instructor(s):

Dr. Arianna Maiolini, Dipl. ECVN (CH)
Dr. Christina Precht, Dipl. ECVDI (CH)
Dr. Marta Kantyka, Dipl. ECVAA (CH)

Course Overview

This veterinary course in emergency and critical care is organized with the following emphasis: veterinarians that are actively integrated in an emergency service need continuous education and training. This course should give the candidates an introduction into the state of the art of emergency medicine and at the same time it is the first basic part followed by an advanced course for veterinarians involved in ESAVS continuing education.

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

Recognize a life threatening problem and prioritize actions
Recognize different forms of shock and know how to treat it
Assess the needs of fluid therapy and know how to give it
Recognize and treat the most common medical and surgical emergencies
Have a basic knowledge on cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Use narcotics and analgesics in critically ill patients

The course is divided in classical lectures and interactive case discussions in small groups.

Topics

Triage/ Emergency Facility
Respiratory Assessment and stabilization of the patient with respiratory distress
Diagnostic Imaging Thorax
Fluid therapy
Shock
Analgesia and Anesthesia of the Critically Ill
Status epilepticus
Addisonian crisis
IMHA and ITP
Paraplegia and Paralysis
Head Trauma
Aproach to the acute Abdomen
Diagnostic Imaging Abdomen
GDV
Hemoabdomen
Cardiac Emergencies
Pericardial effusion
FLUTD
Acute renal failure
Heat stroke
CPR
Emergency procedures

Case Discussions

Respiratory Distress
Fluid Therapy

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 18 May 2026

08:00 – 09:00 Welcome Sigrist
Triage and the ABCD Sigrist
09:00 – 09:10 Coffee Break
09:10 – 11:15 Stabilization of the dyspneic patient Sigrist
11:20 – 12:20 Diagnostic imaging chest Precht
12:20 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:15 Shock and fluid therapy Sigrist
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 15:45 Shock and fluid therapy Sigrist
15:45 – 17:15 Video cases: respiratory distress Sigrist

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

08:00 – 09:00 Heart stroke Adamik
09:00 – 09:10 Coffee Break
09:10 – 10:10 Addison crisis Adamik
10:10 – 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 – 11:15 Congestive heart failure Sigrist
11:15 – 12:20 Pericardial effusion Sigrist
12:20 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 17:15 Fluid tx case presentations Sigrist

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

08:00 – 09:45 Diagnostic approach to the acute abdomen including FAST Adamik
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:15 Diagnostic imaging abdomen Precht
11:20 – 12:20 Stabilisation of GDV Sigrist
12:20 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:15 Hemoperitoneum Sigrist
14:15 – 14:30 Coffee Break
14:30 – 16:00 Anesthesia and analgesia of the emergency patient Kantyka
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:15 Case discussion Kanty

Thursday, 21 May 2026

08:00 – 09:00 Approach to Anemia Sigrist
09:00 – 09:10 Coffee Break
09:10 – 10:10 IMHA and ITP Sigrist
10:10 – 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 – 11:15 Intoxications including lipid therapy Adamik
11:20 – 12:20 Head trauma Adamik
12:20 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:30 Paresis and paralysis – Case discussion Maiolini
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 The seizuring patient – Case discussion Sigris

Friday, 22 May 2026

08.00 – 09:00 AKI Sigrist
09:00 – 09:10 Coffee Break
09:10 – 10:10 Obstructive FLUTD Sigrist
10:10 – 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 – 12:15 CPR Sigrist
12:20 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:30 Video session – Emergency procedures Sigrist
15:30 – 17:00 Final discussion
ESAVS information (Certificate)
CASUS case