CPR

This webinar goes beyond the steps of CPR to the reasons for them, so your technique holds up when the patient doesn’t fit the textbook.

You’ll start with the RECOVER guidelines and basic life support: 2 minute cycles, a 5 to 10 second assessment for cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA), and chest compressions at 100 to 120 per minute to a depth of one third to one half of the thorax. You’ll compare the cardiac pump and thoracic pump theories, including positioning for narrow, round and flat chested dogs and one-handed compressions for cats and small dogs, and learn why compression speed, chest recoil and depth matter. Ventilation covers 10 breaths per minute at a tidal volume of 10 mL/kg, a 30:2 ratio for a single rescuer, why ventilation matters as much as compressions in animals, and the effects of hyperventilation and hypoventilation.

The advanced life support section covers ECG rhythm assessment between cycles, shockable and non-shockable rhythms, defibrillation timing based on the three phases of CPA, capnography to assess CPR quality and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and vascular access. It finishes with the drugs used in CPR, adrenaline (epinephrine), vasopressin, atropine and the anti-arrhythmics amiodarone and lignocaine, and when fluid therapy helps or harms.

Presented by Laura Salmond, BAppSc (VT), DipVN (ECC), VTS (ECC), Cert IV TAE.

What’s included

• Full recording (1 hour 3 minutes)
• Presentation slides as a PDF
• Quiz, with a certificate worth 1 AVNAT point when you pass