All animals are individuals, and so all fluid therapy plans need to be tailored individually. At the end of this talk, you will approach fluid therapy with more knowledge and with the confidence that you are giving your patients the best care.
We will discuss:
- What fluids do we have available in the clinic and when to we choose one over another?
- How to make a fluid plan
- Pre-operative and Intra-operative fluid therapy: what is “surgical rate” and is it always appropriate?
- Treating dehydrated patients and animals in shock
- Potassium supplementation: how, when and why
- Monitoring a blood transfusion: what to look out for
Language: English
In case you have missed this webinar, you have the opportunity to watch a recorded version here.
Speaker:
Trudi McAlees
DVM, BSc, BVSc, MACVSc, FACVSc
Trudi is committed to post-graduate education. She is passionate about improving the ability of practitioners to deal with emergencies, and hopes to decrease the anxiety that can accompany these cases when they present. Trudi has a particular interest in analgesia, ventilation and multi-trauma cases. She presents the Sydney University Distance Education course in Emergency Medicine.
Trudi has memberships of the Australian & New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, and in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care and was the first person to achieve Fellowship in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care in 2008.