Course Leader
Howard B. Seim III, DVM, Diplomate ACVS
Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Howard Seim has been on the surgical staff at Colorado State University since 1978, including as chief of the small animal surgery section from 1992 to 2002. A 1975 graduate of Washington State University, Dr. Seim completed an internship at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a surgical residency at The Animal Medical Center in New York. Dr. Seim wrote the neurosurgery section of the text Small Animal Surgery.
Speakers
Dr. Tim Hackett
Dr. Howard B. Seim III - Course Leader
Dr. Daniel Smeak
Dr. Lauren Sullivan
Course Description
This unique laboratory experience will combine the most common Emergency Medicine and Surgery procedures performed in veterinary practice and bring them to you via lecture followed immediately by a hands-on laboratory experience.
Instructors will present the technical aspects of the day's procedures in a series of morning lectures followed by participants performing each procedure in the afternoon laboratory.
In the afternoon, lab participants will be separated into two groups (Group I and Group II). Group I will perform the selected Emergency Medicine procedures under the supervision of Drs. Hackett and Sullivan while Group II performs the selected Emergency Surgery procedures under the supervision of Drs. Seim and Speak.
When both groups have completed their procedures, instructors will ‘switch’ Groups; Group I will then perform the Emergency Surgery procedures and Group II will perform the Emergency Medicine procedures.
This unique laboratory experience will allow each participating veterinarian the opportunity to learn practical Emergency Medicine and Surgery techniques in the same laboratory. If you have been planning on incorporating more Emergency Medicine and Surgery in your practice, this NAVC Institute 2012 Course is a must!
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Learn how to place a variety of intravenous catheters intraosseous catheters and how to perform a jugular cut-down.
- Gain an understanding of chest drain placement techniques, thoracentesis, and emergency tracheostomy.
- Learn how to perform an emergency 3-ligature splenectomy, a 10-minute gastropexy, an urethrotomy and an urethrostomy.
- Learn how to perform a laryngeal tie-back, a percutaneous abdominal drain placement and a perineal hernia repair.
Recommended Course Textbook
Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, 1st Edition, 2006, Hackett, T. B., and Mazzaferro, E. M. Blackwell.
Emergency Surgery Video Series, 1st Edition, 2010, Seim III, H. B. VideoVet. (www.videovet.org)
Included
Registration, course notes, lodging for five nights at the Caribe Royale Orlando All-Suite Hotel, meals from Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, several hands-on laboratories and one complimentary, transferable registration to the NAVC Conference 2013.
Not Included
Flight from your home to Orlando, Florida, any alcoholic drinks, phone calls, items of a personal nature, dinner on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, any required visas, incidentals (emails, laundry, gifts, etc.), trip cancellation insurance or valid passport.
Please Note
- Please plan to arrive in Orlando by Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Course Schedule
| Monday
May 21
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Tuesday
May 22
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Wednesday
May 23
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Thursday
May 24
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Friday
May 25
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| 7:00-8:00 AM | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:00 AM | Pre-operative Considerations for the Emergency Surgery Patient Dr. T. Hackett |
Respiratory Emergency Techniques Dr. T. Hackett |
Managing Gastrointestinal Emergencies Dr. T. Hackett |
Reproductive Emergencies: Pyometra, Prostatitis, Dystocia Dr. L. Sullivan |
Emergency Medicine and Surgery Case Discussions Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, D. Smeak and H. Seim |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Upper and Lower Urinary Tract Emergencies Dr. L. Sullivan |
Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair and Emergency Tracheostomy Dr. H. Seim |
GDV: The 10-minute Gastropexy Splenectomy: Only 3 Ligatures! Dr. D. Smeak |
Post-Op Care of the Emergency Surgery Patient Dr. T. Hackett |
Emergency Medicine and Surgery Case Discussions Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, D. Smeak and H. Seim |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 10:30-11:30 AM | Surgically Managing Urobdomen Dr. H. Seim |
Assessment and Stabilization of the Polytrauma Patient Dr. L. Sullivan |
Intestinal Anastomosis Dr. H. Seim |
Emergency Surgery Techniques Dr. D. Smeak |
Course Overview Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, H. Seim and D. Smeak |
| 11:30 AM -12:30 PM | Distal Urinary Obstruction: Urethrotomy and Urethrostomy Dr. D. Smeak |
Surgically Managing Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Dr. D. Smeak |
Cadaver Lab Group 1 Surgical Techniques: Gastropexy, Splenectomy, Intestinal Anastomosis Dr. H. Seim and D. Smeak |
Feline Perineal Urethrostomy: Perineal and Dorsal Approaches Dr. H. Seim |
Course Overview Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, H. Seim and D. Smeak |
| 12:30-1:30 PM | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 PM | Cadaver Lab Group 1: Surgical Techniques: Urethrotomy, Urethrostomy, Cystostomy Tube Placement, Cystotomy Drs. H. Seim and D. Smeak |
Cadaver Lab Group 1: Surgical Techniques: Tracheostomy Tube Placement, Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair Drs. H. Seim and D. Smeak |
Cadaver Lab Group 2: Emergency Techniques:Abdominocentesis; Peritoneal Drains, Lavage, and Dialysis Drs. T. Hackett and L. Sullivan |
Cadaver Lab Group 1: Feline Surgical Techniques Drs. H. Seim and D. Smeak |
Meeting Concluded (34 CE credit hours) |
| 2:30-3:30 PM | Cadaver Lab Group 2: Emergency Techniques: Vascular Access (Venous Cut-Down, Over-Wire and Multi-Lumen Catheters); Intraosseus Fluids Drs. T. Hackett and L. Sullivan |
Cadaver Lab Group 2: Emergency Techniques: Transtracheal Wash; Thoracocentesis; Airway Management; Oxygen Supplementation Drs. T. Hackett and L. Sullivan |
Cadaver Lab 1 & 2 Continued | Cadaver Lab Group 2: Emergency Techniques: Feline Emergency techniques: Chest Tubes; Trans-oral Airway Wash; Naso-Esophageal and Esophagostomy Tubes; Intraosseous Fluids Drs. T. Hackett and L. Sullivan |
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| 3:30-4:00 PM | Break | Break | Reception 3:30-5 PM |
Break | |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Cadaver Lab 1 & 2 Continued | Cadaver Lab 1 & 2 Continued | Cadaver Lab 1 & 2 Continued | ||
| 5:00-6:00 PM | Emergency Cases Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, H. Seim and D. Smeak |
Emergency Cases Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, H. Seim and D. Smeak |
Dinner (on your own) |
Emergency Cases Drs. T. Hackett, L. Sullivan, H. Seim and D. Smeak |
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| 6:00-7:30 PM | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
