| Sponsored by: | VÉTOQUINOL UK LTD | |
| Venue: | Hare and Hounds Hotel, Westonbirt & Willesley Equine Clinic, Tetbury | |
| Meeting Organiser: | Sally Watts | |
| Fee: | £290 for BEVA Members to attend both days, £335 for Non-Members to attend both days £165 for BEVA Members to attend one day, £190 for Non-Members to attend one day COURSE LIMITED TO 15 DELEGATES PER DAY |
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| Description: |
This is a two day course that covers three important nursing units: Surgical Nursing, Theatre Practice and Anaesthesia, these units have a theoretical and practical element. The course content is based on the Equine Vet Nurse syllabus, which contains essential knowledge for The first day will start with lectures and discussion on theatre practice and surgical nursing. The theoretical element will be based on theatre practice; including asepsis and sterilisation, the operating theatre, instruments and equipment and intra and post-operative care. This will be followed by surgical nursing; including colic, fracture repair, hernias and ruptures, thoracic and respiratory surgery, arthroscopy and laparoscopy. The practical session in the afternoon will allow nurses to develop and practise skills in surgical team preparation, instruments, laying out instruments, gowning and gloving, suture material and needles. These will be practised with reference to the surgical cases discussed during the morning lectures. The aim of the second day is to start with lectures and discussion on local anaesthetics, preoperative preparation, general anaesthesia; recovery and anaesthetic complications. The practical session in the afternoon will allow individual practise with tuition and discussion for patient preparation, pre-op bloods, ET tubes, anaesthetic circuits, oxygen and ventilation, monitoring equipment and commonly used drugs for premed, sedation and anaesthesia. |
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| Speakers: | Mr Oliver Crowe BVSc CertES (Orth) MRCVS | Tetbury |
| Mr Richard Hepburn BVSc MS CertEM (IntMed) DipACVIM MRCVS | Tetbury | |
| Mr John Killingbeck BSc BVM&S CertEP MRCVS | Tetbury | |
| Ms Katherine Hemson BVSc MRCVS | Tetbury | |
| Mrs Carolyne Crowe BSc BVetMed MRCVS | Tetbury | |
| Mr Mark Emerson BSc (Hons) BVSc MRCVS | Tetbury | |
| Ms Sally Watts BSc(Hons) PGCE | Tetbury | |
| Programme: | ||
| Day One: Thursday 13th November 2008 - Surgical Nursing and Theatre Practice | ||
| 09.00 |
Registration at the Hare andHounds Hotel |
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| 09.30 | Local anaesthetic analgesic agents | R Hepburn |
| 10.00 | Pre-operative preparation and general anaesthesia • Patient preparation • Preparation of equipment • Sedatives • Analgesics • NSAIDS • Muscle relaxants • Induction • General anaesthesia • Anaesthetic circuits |
K Hemson |
| 10.45 | Questions | |
| 11.00 | Coffee | |
| 11.15 | Monitoring anaesthesia | R Hepburn |
| 11.45 | Recovery and anaesthetic complications | J Killingbeck |
| 12.15 | Questions | |
| 12.30 | Lunch at Hare and Hounds Hotel | |
| 14.00 | Practical sessions at Willesley Equine Clinic | |
| Delegates will be divided into groups and will rotate through each 30 minute practical session | ||
| 1) Drugs for premedication, sedation and anaesthesia | R Hepburn | |
| 2) Patient preparation, intubation and extubation | J Killingbeck | |
| 15.00 | 1) Equipment preparation and selection of ET tubes, anaesthetic circuits | M Emerson |
| 2) Monitoring equipment | K Hemson | |
| 16.00 | 1) Question and answer session and practical tasks: assembling circuits, adult and foal, changing oxygen | Hepburn/Killingbeck |
| 2) Question and answer session and practical tasks: selecting commonly used drugs and ET tubes | Hemson/C Crowe | |
| 17.00 | Tea and end of day one | |
| Day Two: Friday 14th November 2008 - Surgical and Medical Nursing | ||
| 09.00 |
Registration at the Hare andHounds Hotel |
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| 09.30 | Asepsis and sterilisation | R Hepburn |
| 10.00 | The operating theatre and intra-operative care | O Crowe |
| 10.30 | Instruments and equipment | J Killingbeck |
| 10.45 | Coffee | |
| 11.00 | Thoracic and respiratory | R Hepburn |
| 11.15 | Colic | O Crowe |
| 11.30 | Hernias and ruptures | J Killingbeck |
| 11.45 | Fracture repair and dislocation | O Crowe |
| 12.00 | Arthroscopy and laparoscopy | O Crowe |
| 12.15 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 | Practical Sessions at Willesley Equine Clinic Delegates will be divided into groups and will rotate through each 30 minute practical session |
O Crowe |
| 1) Surgical team preparation | O Crowe | |
| 2) Gowning and gloving | J Killingbeck | |
| 14.30 | Whole Group: Instruments, general, orthopaedic and arthroscopy | |
| 15.00 | 1) Laying up instruments | O Crowe |
| 2) Laying up instruments | S Watts | |
| 15.30 | 1) Theatre equipment | O Crowe/Emerson |
| 2) Sterilisation systems | R Hepburn | |
| 16.30 | Question and answer session/candidates can repeat practical tasks | |
| 17.00 | Tea and end of course | |