• Join Anna Newitt BVSc DVDI DipECVDI MRCVS for three 2-hour online sessions
• This Mini Series is suitable for all vets in practice, and will be of particular interest to those wishing to improve their confidence in Abdominal Ultrasound.
• Comprehensive notes to downloaded
• Self-assessment quizzes to ‘release’ your 8 hours CPD certification (don’t worry, you can take them more than once if you don’t quite hit the mark first time)
• A whole year’s access to recorded sessions for reviewing key points
• Superb value for money – learn without travelling
• Watch the recordings on your iPad!
• This Mini Series was originally broadcast in November 2019!

Programme

Liver, Spleen and Peritoneum

What you’ll learn:

• How do I position the patient for the best images?
• Patient preparation
• What will and what won’t damage your probe?
• Why does the liver look ‘small’ to inexperienced scanners?
• How to see as much of the liver and spleen as possible
• The importance of pressure
• Key structures to look out for
• Practical tips on assessment of liver size
• Recognizing free abdominal fluid and where to look for it
• How to find and scan the spleen
• Lymph nodes and masses

Urinary Tract and Adrenals

What you’ll learn:

• Best positioning for scanning the kidneys?
• Practical tips for getting the best view of the right and left kidneys
• Adapting your scan to body conformation
• How to differentiate renal cortex from medulla
• The appearance of normal kidney and common renal abnormalities
• Using the kidneys to find other organs
• Practical tips and common pitfalls in scanning the urinary bladder
• Recognizing stones, sediment, cystitis and tumours
• Finding the adrenals

Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas

What you’ll learn:

• Patient preparation for getting the best GI images
• Learn the distinctive appearance of the intestinal layers
• How to find and identify the stomach
• Explore the GIT with an ‘intestinal sweep’
• Specific characteristics of the colon
• Appearance of strictures and GI obstructions
• Landmarks for finding and imaging the pancreas
• Changes seen in pancreatitis for diagnosis and monitoring
• Practical advice on fine needle sampling