Unit of Study VTEC3005 Veterinary Nursing Care: Medical Procedures, Emergency and Critical Care (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

VTEC3001 - Veterinary Nursing Care: Companion Animals

Unit description

This unit provides students with the essential knowledge and skills to assist veterinarians in the assessment of emergencies, perform first aid, and management critical care patients in hospital. Students will refine their clinical skills in the planning, execution, and interpretation of medical procedures. They will also gain an understanding of veterinary emergency and critical care medicine and the importance of end of life care in the veterinary context.

Unit content

Module 1. Triage and first aid to sustain life

Module 2. Emergency management

Module 3. The hospitalised patient

Module 4. Critical care 1

Module 5. Critical care 2

Module 6. End of life care

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

integrate well-developed knowledge and skills to proficiently triage emergency patients across a range of veterinary species

demonstrate proficiency in planning and performing emergency first aid across a range of veterinary species

demonstrate proficiency in the assessment, monitoring, and management of hospitalised critical care patients

demonstrate proficiency in assessing factors impacting on end of life decisions and care, and communicating these to a range of clients while engaging in reflective practice.

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