Acid/base and blood gases for the uninitiated can seem a little complex at first. Access to equipment and interpretation of results can be a very helpful and rapid point-of-care diagnostic tool. Further, its use in the monitoring of critical care and anaesthetised patients can also be invaluable. In this talk I will discuss the approach to acid/base analysis and tips and tricks to assist in rapid analysis of blood gas results in the veterinary small animal setting, including some of the pitfalls to watch out for.

Are you handling cytotoxic patients correctly to ensure your and your colleagues safety in the short and long term? Do you fully understand which commonly used drugs are stored, administered and dispensed in your clinic are cytotoxic and how you should best be handling them? The use of cytotoxic drugs is commonplace in most clinics. Many nurses understand cytotoxic drugs to be chemotherapy agents, this is not entirely correct and some drugs you did not realise were cytotoxic actually are. As a veterinary nurse, not only should you understand which drugs present a danger to you, but also how to handle these drugs safely and manage the patients receiving them appropriately. This webinar will present to you a practical overview to ensure you know what you're doing when managing cytotoxic patients and drugs.

The presentations presents a summary of some the clinically pertinent literature since 2000 on Australian snake envenomation as well as information gained from our clinical experience. There are fascinating new developments in the treatment of snake envenomation. Many conclusions from the literature and our own clinical practice remain largely consistent with those of the review and clinic observations I wrote for the University of Sydney Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science Toxicology course held in 1999 (“Snake Envenomation of Companion Animals”), but there are some notable evidenced based changes. The PDF of this 2017 presentation will be available for download as is a protocol for the treatment of the snake envenomated patients.