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Emergency & Critical Care I

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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
  • Chest Trauma
  • Fluid therapy
  • Shock
  • Analgesia and Anesthesia of the Critically Ill
  • Status epilepticus
  • DKA/Hyperglycemia
  • Addisonian crisis
  • IMHA and ITP
  • Paraplegia and Paralysis
  • Head Trauma
  • Aproach to the acute Abdomen
  • Diagnostic Imaging Abdomen
  • GDV
  • Hemoabdomen
  • Cardiac Emergencies
  • Treatment of arrhythmias
  • FLUTD
  • Acute renal failure
  • Emergency blood work
  • Heat stroke
  • Dystocia and neonatal resuscitation
  • CPR

Case Discussions

  • Respiratory Distress
  • Fluid Therapy

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 22 September 2025
08:00 – 09:00 Welcome Sigrist
Emergency facility and triageSigrist
09:00 – 09:10 Coffee Break
09:10 – 11:15 Stabilization of the dyspneic patient Sigrist
11:15 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 12:25Diagnostic imaging chest Precht
12:25 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:15Shock and fluid therapySigrist
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15 Fluid tx case in 4 groups Sigrist
16:15 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 19:00 Paresis and paralysis – Case discussion Maiolini
Tuesday, 23 September 2025

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 – 12:25 Approach to cardiogenic pulmonary edema Sigrist
12:25 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:15 Pericardial effusion Sigrist
14:15 – 14:25 Coffee Break
14:25 – 17:00 Fluid tx case presentations Sigrist / Adamik

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

08:00 – 09:45 Diagnostic approach to the acute abdomen including FAST Adamik
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:10 Diagnostic imaging abdomen Precht
11:10 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 12:40 Stabilisation of GDV Sigrist
12:40 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15 Hemoperitoneum Sigrist
14:15 – 14:45 Coffee Break
14:45 – 17:00 Anesthesia and analgesia of the emergency patient – Case discussion Kantyka

Thursday, 25 September 2025

08:00 – 09:00 Intoxications including lipid therapy Adamik
09:00 – 09:10 Coffee Break
09:10 – 10:10 Head trauma Adamik
10:10 – 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 – 11:15 Approach to Anemia Sigrist
11:10 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 12:30 IMHA and ITP case discussions Sigrist
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:15 Video cases: respiratory distress Sigrist
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 The seizuring patient – Case discussion Sigrist

Friday, 26 September 2025

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
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:15 Video session – Emergency procedures Sigrist
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Final discussion
ESAVS information (Certificate)
CASUS case

Tuition fee*:

2.640

Early registration fee*:

2.540

Early registration deadline:

01/05/2024

Total hours:

40

ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):

TBA

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):

5
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

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