Small Animal Echocardiography
- Core Skills
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP - 1 DAY
Overview
This practical one day workshop will give you confidence to bring echo skills to your practice.
The course focuses on the equipment and techniques needed to reliably obtain key echo views; and, importantly, how to interpret them to best help your cardiac patients.
Numbers are strictly limited to ensure plenty of individual coaching from Jacqui. Attendees will benefit from Massey Vet School's new teaching facilities and amenable dogs, along with a large 'hands-on' component.
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Try out a variety of ultrasound machines/probes and learn which would be best for your practice.
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Topics include
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Equipment choice and set-up for basic small animal echocardiography
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How to obtain the core echo views of the dog/cat heart
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Analysis and interpretation of dog/cat echocardiograms
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Clinical application - how to use your echo study in the diagnosis and management of cardiorespiratory cases in small animal practice
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If interested/optional - Access a variety of ultrasound machines and probes, and ask BCF Ultrasound about the technical specifications (https://www.bcfultrasound.com/products/)
Learning Objectives
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Understand relevant ultrasound physics and cardiac anatomy, to know how that applies to echocardiography in clinical practice
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Learn appropriate equipment choice, ultrasound machine settings, preparation, patient and probe positioning for echocardiography in dogs/cats
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Feel confident knowing how to reliably obtain right parasternal long and short axis echo views in dogs/cats
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Understand B-Mode and M-Mode, when best to use them and their strengths/limitations
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Know how to interpret right parasternal long and short axis echo views in dogs/cats
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Understand the role of echo in primary practice
