Emergency & Critical Care II

Name: Emergency & Critical Care II
Start: 2025-08-25T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-29T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Bern, Switzerland

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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. Thierry Francey, Dipl. ACVIM-SAIM, Dipl. ECVIM (CH)
Dr. Laureen Peters, MVetMed, FHEA, Dipl. ACVP (CH)
Dr. Esther Hassdenteufel, Dipl. ACVECC/ECVECC (DE)
Dr. Claire Guillet, Resident ECVECC (CH)

Course Overview

This veterinary course in emergency and critical care will focus on intensive care with main topics on Sepsis /Septic Shock / SIRS, advanced fluid therapy and monitoring in the ICU, respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation. Practical work will include an advanced wet lab in emergency surgery and much more.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 25 August 2025

08:45 – 09:00 Welcome and course start
09:00 – 09:50 ICU patient management Sigrist
09:50 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Fluid therapy: refresher Sigrist
11:00 – 12:15 Advanced fluid therapy Sigrist
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Colloids and albumin Adamik
14:00 – 15:00 Placement and management of central venous lines Adamik
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:15 Blood gas: oxygenation and ventilation Sigrist
17:15 – 19:00 Welcome Drinks

Tuesday, 26 August 2025

08:00 – 09:50 Management of sepsis Sigrist
09:50 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 ARDS Sigrist
11:00 – 12:15 Mechanical ventilation Sigrist
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:00 Blood groups, blood donation, storage and administration in dogs and cats Adamik
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Hemo- / Peritoneal dialysis Francey
16:30 – 17:15 CASUS Case

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

08:00 – 09:00 Enteral nutrition Adamik
09:00 – 09:50 Parenteral nutrition Adamik
09:50 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15 Postoperative management of acute abdomen: case discussion Adamik
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 17:15 CPR Lab Hassdenteufel / Guillet
CVC Lab Adamik
Blood gas cases Sigrist
18:30 – 22:00 Social Dinner

Thursday, 28 August 2025

08:00 – 09:00 Tracheostomy tube care Sigrist
09:00 – 09:50 CPAP and high-flow oxygen therapy Hassdenteufel
09:50 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Hyper and hypocoagulability diagnostics Hassdenteufel
11:00 – 12:15 Management of the bleeding patient Hassdenteufel
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 17:15 Fluid cases group work Sigrist
Case discussions fluid therapy Sigrist / Adamik

Friday, 29 August 2025

08:00 – 09:50 Haematology / fluid cytology lecture with interactive cases Peters
09:50 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Management of Hypernatremia Sigrist
11:00 – 12:00 Hypo- / Hypernatremia cases Sigrist
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00 ICU case discussion – Respiratory Sigrist
14:00 – 16:30 ICU case discussion – Critical patient Sigrist
Outlook and final discussion