Internal Medicine: Emergency & Critical Care & Toxicology

Name: Internal Medicine: Emergency & Critical Care & Toxicology
Start: 2026-02-23T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Vienna / Austria

Registration open

Program Director:

Prof. Dr. Reto Neiger Dipl. ECVIM-CA, Dipl. ACVIM (DE)

Principal Course Master(s):

Prof. Dr. Reto Neiger Dipl. ECVIM-CA, Dipl. ACVIM (DE)

Course Overview

Clinical work-up of dogs and cats presented with critical care problems and how to treat and manage them will be presented in a case oriented approach. Typical and less common toxicological cases as well and critical care diseases (DKA, Addison crisis, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, hypoglycaemia, etc.) of dogs and cats will be used to demonstrate a structured and problem-oriented work-up.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 23 February 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and course goals
09:00 – 10:00 Rule of 20
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:25 Monitoring
11:25 – 12:30 POCUS
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:40 Shock / Fluid status
14:40 – 15:45 Fluid therapy
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:10 Blood transfusion

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

08:30 – 10:00 Respiratory emergencies
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:25 Cardiac emergencies
11:25 – 12:30 Bloodgas analysis, oxygenation, ventilation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:40 Coagulopathy
14:40 – 15:45 Sepsis
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:10 Management of acute kidney injury

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

08:30 – 10:00 Toxicology I
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:25 Toxicology II
11:25 – 12:30 Toxicology III
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:40 Pain assessment
14:40 – 17:10 Group work in 4 groups

Thursday, 26 February 2026

09:00 – 10:00 CPR
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:15 Vascular access
11:15 – 12:15 Assisted feeding
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 Group work in 4 groups
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 17.15 Group work in 4 groups

Friday, 27 February 2026

09:00 – 10:30 Diabetic ketoacidosis
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Acute abdomen
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:55 Group work in 4 groups
14:55 – 15:00 Wrap up
Practical Sessions (Group Work):
⇒ CPR BLS / Central venous catheter and access
⇒ CPR ALS
⇒ Blood gas examples
⇒ Drainage