Blood Gas - how to understand it and why is it so helpful
Tracks
Stream One - Plaza Terrace
| Thursday, March 26, 2026 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Plaza Terrace |
Overview
Kate Tinney
Speaker
Mrs Kate Tinney
Animal Emergency Service
Blood Gas - how to understand it and why is it so helpful
Abstract
Blood gas is a very common blood test used in emergency and referral medicine. While it looks super complicated with lots of unusual abbreviations on what it tests and when your patient is sick can have so many arrows pointing in all directions. We break down what a blood gas can tell us and why this is important to our patient. We will then look at how to tell if the patient is acidic or alkalotic and is it metabolic or respiratory or both. We will work through some case examples together in this lecture to allow practice in understanding this all important blood test.
Biography
Kate has been a Veterinary Nurse for 20+ years with the majority of her career being spent in Emergency. In addition to completing her Veterinary Nursing and Training and Assessment she has also completed Diploma of Veterinary Nursing (Emergency and Critical Care) and a Veterinary Technician Specialist (Emergency and Critical Care). She is a current registered and accredited Veterinary Nurse with the Veterinary Nurses council of Australia.
Like many Veterinary Nurses I have a number of animals at home, this currently includes a wolfhound mix who donates blood to the clinic blood bank, a Devon Rex, 2 DSH (one a failed foster baby) and horses and cows.
I enjoy sharing knowledge and watching nurses learn new skills.
