HO16 - Veterinary Point-of-care Ultrasound for Everyday Practice

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Sponsored By ANTECH, FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE AMERICAS CORPORATION, MIDMARK CORPORATION, MIDWEST VETERINARY SUPPLY, PATTERSON VETERINARY SUPPLY, SAMSUNG, SOUND, UNIVERSAL IMAGING, ZOETIS PETCARE

Coordinator and Co-Instructor(s)

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  Serge Chalhoub, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), BSc

  Senior Instructor
  University of Calgary
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Co-Instructor(s)

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  Soren R. Boysen, DVM, DACVECC

  Professor
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  Adam Gonzales, DVM, DACVIM (SMALL ANIMAL)

  Associate Veterinarian
  Atlantic Veterinary Internal Medicine
  Annapolis, MD, United States
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  Lenore Bacek, DVM, MS, DACVECC

  Senior Director, Clinical Affairs
  Blue Pearl Veterinary Partners
  Tampa, FL, United States
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  Xiu Ting Yiew, DVM, DACVECC, DVSC

  Assistant Professor
  University of Guelph
  Guelph, ON, Canada
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  Tereza Stastny, DVM, DACVECC

  Intern Director
  Arizona Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Centre (AVECCC)
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  Élyzabeth Lemieux, DVM, DACVECC (she/her/hers)

  Emergency and Critical Care Clinician
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  JoAnnie Letendre, DACVECC

  Emergency and critical care lecturer
  Université de Montréal
  Saint-Damase, QC, Canada

This 4-hour lab, developed and delivered by leaders in the field of veterinary point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), will build on the interactive lectures which are a prerequisite to the lab. Through practical, hands-on training using live dogs participants will have the opportunity to learn and practice all of the common veterinary POCUS techniques currently used to assess the abdomen, pleural space, lung, and heart. Phantoms training models will also be used to demonstrate and practice ultrasound guided vascular access. This lab will focus on techniques developed by the instructors, designed to increase veterinary POCUS diagnostic accuracy, and help facilitate easier application into everyday veterinary practice. These are all techniques that can be performed by any practitioner and should be used in everyday practice! We will also briefly review basic ultrasound machine function and probe manipulations.

4 CE hours. Purchase required. Capacity: 32. Price: $750.

Transportation: Complimentary shuttle service is provided to and from the Oquendo Center for all hands-on labs. The pickup area is located at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center entrance. Buses depart promptly 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the course.

Dress Code: Please dress comfortably. Scrubs are recommended, additional scrubs are available for use at the Oquendo Center, if needed. Closed-toe shoes are required.

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Learning Objectives:

• Perform point-of-care ultrasound scanning of the abdomen, pleural space, lung, heart, and vascular systems
• Use ultrasound to guide IV catheters into phantom vessels using both in and out of plane techniques
• Identify all key anatomic structures that are assessed during all veterinary POCUS exams