Urinary Emergencies

Course Details

This lecture has been RACE approved for 1.0 CE hour for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

Program Description:

This course reviews urinary obstructions in dogs and cats, common causes, treatment consideration and reviews how to unblock and place a urinary catheter on an emergent basis.  In addition, this course reviews how to perform a sacrococcygeal block in feline patients.

Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to identify a patient with a urinary obstruction
2. Review metabolic changes in a urinary obstruction to include systemic effects of hyperkalemia
3. Appropriately select a urinary catheter for a patient and review the process of unblocking a feline urinary obstruction
4. Outline steps of a sacrococcygeal block procedure
5. Review treatment considerations for canine urolithiasis both medical and surgical indications