Nursing the equine colic patient
Tracks
Stream Three - Room E3
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Room E3 |
Overview
Gemma Murphy
Speaker
Ms Gemma Murphy
The Animal Hospital At Murdoch University
Nursing the equine colic patient
Abstract
Introduction
Colic cases can present for a variety of reasons and include some intensive nursing care whilst in the hospital setting. Equine Veterinary Nurses play a major role in assisting the Veterinary Surgeons to care for these patients, both medically and pre and post operatively.
Presentation
This lecture will cover the most common reasons that horses may develop colic and the clinical signs associated with the condition. It will cover the diagnostic tests performed by the Veterinary Surgeons and how the Veterinary Nurse can assist with them. It will discuss treatments that may be administered including medications and intravenous fluid therapy and ways it may be treated including medical vs surgical management. It will cover other areas of nursing care including nutritional management, pain scoring and also mental enrichment. It will cover the post surgical care of colic patients and the recovery while they are in hospital.
Outcomes
By the end of this lecture the Veterinary Nurse should have an understanding of colic and the nursing care that is involved in managing these sometime severe cases.
Colic cases can present for a variety of reasons and include some intensive nursing care whilst in the hospital setting. Equine Veterinary Nurses play a major role in assisting the Veterinary Surgeons to care for these patients, both medically and pre and post operatively.
Presentation
This lecture will cover the most common reasons that horses may develop colic and the clinical signs associated with the condition. It will cover the diagnostic tests performed by the Veterinary Surgeons and how the Veterinary Nurse can assist with them. It will discuss treatments that may be administered including medications and intravenous fluid therapy and ways it may be treated including medical vs surgical management. It will cover other areas of nursing care including nutritional management, pain scoring and also mental enrichment. It will cover the post surgical care of colic patients and the recovery while they are in hospital.
Outcomes
By the end of this lecture the Veterinary Nurse should have an understanding of colic and the nursing care that is involved in managing these sometime severe cases.
Biography
Gemma is a Registered and Accredited veterinary nurse, having gained her RCVS Level 3 Diploma in Equine veterinary nursing in 2012. Since coming to Australia in 2013 she has worked across small animal and equine clinics in private practice and university teaching hospitals and completed further study in small animal emergency and critical care. She now works full time in equine practice at Murdoch University where she is involved in all aspects of equine nursing including emergency and critical care nursing, surgical nursing, lameness evaluations, medical nursing and advanced imaging as well as helping to teach the next generation of veterinary students coming through the equine centre.
