CATEGORY:
Clinical Skills
5 Nasties of Summer Refresher
Course Access: Lifetime
Free
Course Overview
This webinar addresses five critical summer threats to pets
in Australia: snake envenomation, tick envenomation, heat stroke, and saltwater
ingestion. Veterinary professionals will learn to recognise symptoms, provide
immediate care, and implement preventive measures for these seasonal hazards.
Emphasising real-life cases and practical solutions, this course aims to
enhance preparedness and response, ensuring optimal patient outcomes during the
high-risk summer months.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify
common symptoms and signs of snake and tick envenomation in pets. - Understand
the immediate treatment protocols for heat stroke in veterinary patients. - Recognize
the dangers and symptoms associated with saltwater ingestion in pets. - Implement
preventive measures to protect pets from summer-specific hazards. - Enhance
diagnostic and response strategies to improve patient outcomes during the
summer months.
CPD Points:
- 1 AVNAT