Vet Times

Tag: Emergency and Critical Care

  • Don’t rush: a systematic approach to x-rays

    Don’t rush: a systematic approach to x-rays

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    One of my responsibilities in our emergency hospital is the training and mentoring of vets new to the field of emergency and critical care. A common area I have found where clinicians request more training is radiographic interpretation. When I review radiographs and find pathology that was missed, it Is more often due to a…

  • Ionised hypocalcaemia, pt 4: controversies and prognostic indications

    Ionised hypocalcaemia, pt 4: controversies and prognostic indications

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    Ionised hypocalcaemia (iHCa) is a well-known electrolyte abnormality in critical human patients, which is also beginning to be recognised in our critical feline and canine patients. The exact mechanism for the development of iHCa is still unknown – making prevention difficult, if at all possible. Controversy also exists as to whether treating iHCa is of…

  • Life after vet school – graduation: where do I go from here?

    Life after vet school – graduation: where do I go from here?

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    Nothing hits you quite as hard as reality, as you walk out of your final fifth year veterinary exam. Up until this very moment, your life has followed a structured timetable, carefully planned by the veterinary school. Now, with it all finished, who is there to lead you from here onwards? This is probably the…

  • Encouraging mums ‘back to what they love’

    Encouraging mums ‘back to what they love’

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    A mother of four appointed as the new head of nursing services at one of the UK’s leading animal hospitals is marking International Women’s Day (today, 8 March) by urging more mums to consider returning to work after having children. Kathryn Latimer Jones has taken on the senior role at Linnaeus-owned Northwest Veterinary Specialists (NWVS)…

  • OOH providers: a godsend or a nightmare?

    OOH providers: a godsend or a nightmare?

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    Many small animal practices use external out-of-hours (OOH) providers. This can work in a number of ways, and carries advantages and disadvantages for both the clients and staff. On the whole, using an OOH provider is considered better for staff as it eliminates the need to be on call – particularly good if the thought…

  • The beginning of the end of vet school

    The beginning of the end of vet school

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    As regular readers of this blog may have noticed, I was a little apprehensive about starting my final year at veterinary school… Having already been in the small animal hospital for two days, we finally received our results – confirming I and many of my fellow classmates had passed our exams and could now wear…

  • RCVS VN council election manifesto: Racheal Marshall RVN

    RCVS VN council election manifesto: Racheal Marshall RVN

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    RACHEAL MARSHALL RVN Head of clinical nursing, Vets Now T: 07860 924759 E: racheal.marshall@vets-now.com Racheal qualified as a VN in 2003 and worked in a busy mixed practice for three years, progressing to a senior nurse position. After that, she worked as a lecturer in veterinary nursing and animal management at York’s Askham Bryan College.…

  • RCVS council election manifesto: Amanda Boag

    RCVS council election manifesto: Amanda Boag

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    AMANDA BOAG MA, VetMB, DipECVECC, DipACVECC, DipACVIM, FHEA, MRCVS Mid Jawcraig Farm, Falkirk FK1 3AL. T 01324 851381 M 07790 030068 E amanda.boag@vets-now.com PROPOSERS: Daniel Brockman, Julian Wells After postgraduate clinical training in the UK and the US, I spent my early career working in academia as a lecturer in emergency and critical care (ECC)…