EMRG102-0613: Getting Thru the Night in ER Module I

Enrollment is closed.

INSTRUCTOR(S): Tony Johnson, DVM, DACVECC
COURSE OPEN: June 3-June 27, 2013
REAL TIME SESSIONS (RTS): Mondays, June 10 and 17; 8:00-10:00 pm ET (USA)
Course RTS Times in Your Area: World Clock Converter

Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session is up to 1 hour in length. For more information, please visit the CE Practice Area.

*The instructors for this course will be using audio which will require you to have a headset or speakers to listen. If you have any concerns regarding your computer's audio capabilities, please be sure to attend one of the Practice Sessions.

Level and Prerequisites: This basic course is geared toward new grads looking for practical guidance as they venture forth into the unpredictable world of veterinary medicine, but can be useful to those already experienced in ER work.
VIN CE Course: Open to ALL recent grads and VIN members. This course has been submitted for RACE approval for veterinarians only.

Course Description:
You recently were or soon will be diagnosed with a new condition -- DOCTOR! The transition from NOT doctor to THE doctor is a scary one. You don't know it yet, but you already know a lot and are ready to do this. You have the knowledge and many of the skills. Transforming that competence into confidence is the next big step in your journey.

Getting Thru the Night Module I is the first of a series of 3 CE modules offered yearly FREE to New Graduates, thanks to the VIN Foundation. The VIN Foundation (http://vinfoundation.com) is committed to helping you (and all new graduates) feel supported as you journey into and through our profession. As part of this commitment to the new grad, the VIN Foundation is covering your enrollment fee.

There will be minimal emphasis on pathophysiology and a strong emphasis on diagnostic testing, client management, time management and therapy for various common emergencies. Common mistakes will be highlighted so YOU don't make them and common pitfalls will be mentioned so YOU can avoid them. Many revelations will be made and many long-held beliefs will be shattered. This will be a whirlwind magical tour through the whimsical world of blood and guts ER stuff! Wear your running shoes! This is the opposite of the Ivory Tower.

This course consists of two (2) 2-hour Real Time Session, supplemental library materials, interactive message board discussions, and a mandatory end-of-course test. Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course.

Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to

• Understand and be comfortable with many common ER diseases and their management.
• Develop more confidence in general ER case management.
• Unleash their inner ER doctor and realize their untapped potential for general life-saving and ass-kicking.
• Be able to see through walls, read minds, tap dance and shoot paralyzing barbs from their fingers. Simultaneously.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.

Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.
Recommended Textbook(s):

• Silverstein, D., & Hopper, K. (2008). Small Animal Critical Care Medicine. Saunders.
  ISBN-13: 978-1416025917
• Mathews, K. (2006). Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Manual, 2nd Edition. Lifelearn Publishers.
  ISBN-13: 978-1896985473

About the Instructors:
Dr. Johnson is a 1996 graduate of Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After completing a one-year internship in California, he chose to pursue a three-year residency in emergency medicine and critical care at Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital in Portland, Oregon. In October, 2003 he became ACVECC board certified. Dr. Johnson went on to practice critical care medicine in Chicago, Illinois and Gaithersburg Maryland before joining VIN. He is also on faculty and runs the critical care unit at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, and has lectured at several local and national veterinary conferences. He was inadvertently voted Speaker of the Year for the Western Veterinary Conference for 2010, and has somehow won several teaching awards. Dr. Johnson's special interests include pain management, bacon, mechanical ventilation, trauma, blood banking and transfusion medicine. In his free time, he enjoys woodworking, blogging, counting his vast fortune in debt, cooking, SCUBA diving and raising his 3 young children. He is married to Gretchen Statz, also a veterinary criticalist.

Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session June 10)
Content:

• Vascular access
• Acute vomiting
• Hit by car
• Discussing and collecting finances as well as being able to identify what "do everything, cost is not a concern" means
• Fun things to do with a glucometer
• Heat Stroke
• Seizures - especially cluster and status

Week 2 (Real Time Session June 17)
Content:

• It's DKA- now what?
• Management of CHF
• Chest tubes
• How to unblock a cat
• Pneumonia
• Hemoabdomen
• Head trauma
• How to formulate a fluid therapy plan, including shock management

CE CREDITS: 4

Tuition: FREE for 2011, 2012, and 2013 graduates!
The course content, the course transcript, message boards, and library will be available to the general membership after the course closes, but VIN members who just can't wait may enroll at the standard course cost.

Tuition: Member $80 ($72 early bird special if enrolled by May 20, 2013)

The content for prior offerings of this class can be accessed FREE by going to the CE portal page (https://www.vin.com/CE), selecting the CE Course Archive button (lower left on the CE portal page), then selecting Getting Thru the Night from the menu on the left of the CE Course Archive page.
Here is a direct link to that page: http://beta.vin.com/doc/?id=5374153.

*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close when the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first Real Time Session unless otherwise noted. If the first Real Time Session is on a weekend, course enrollment will close on the Friday before the first Real Time Session.

*Note: As space is limited, we request that you enroll in this course only if you will be attending the Real Time Sessions on June 10 and 17 or will be completing the requirements for a CE certificate. If your interest is solely in the course content, the course transcript, message board and library will be available to the general VIN membership directly after the course closes.

*For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.

TO ENROLL:
Enrollment is closed.

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*Note: "This course is submitted for approval for 4 continuing education credits in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education." Call VSPN/VIN CE at 1-800-700-4636 for further information. (Attendees are encouraged to check with their licensing jurisdiction(s) for information regarding recognition by their board).

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Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
VIN Education Coordinator

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