Endocrine emergencies

This one day lecture-based course will focus on the management of several endocrine disorders as they present in an emergency setting. The lectures will provide practical information, enabling participants to feel more confident managing these challenging but rewarding cases. There will be a focus on making a rapid diagnosis, emergency stabilisation and initial management with the information being delivered in lecture format with the use of real life case examples.

This course would be useful CPD for veterinarians preparing for RCVS CertAVP C modules in small animal medicine, feline medicine and emergency and critical care. It would also be useful to practitioners seeing emergency patients in general practice or dedicated emergency practice, in addition to those with an interest in endocrine diseases of small animals.

Key areas

• Management of an Addisonian crisis
• Emergency management of diabetic ketoacidosis
• Approach to the hypoglycaemic patient
• Hypercalcaemia – when is it a really emergency?
• Causes and emergency management of hypertension

Programme

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 10:00 Recognition and Management of an Addisonion Crisis
10:00 - 11:00 Emergency Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
11:00 - 11:30 Tea/Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 Approach to the Hypoglycaemic Patient
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Hypercalcaemia - When is it Really an Emergency?
14:30 - 15:30 Causes and Emergency Management of Hypertension
15:30 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00 Thyroid Emergencies - the Highs and Lows