It is essential that veterinary nurses are able to competently and confidently perform triage assessments on patients and ensure the most emergent are seen first.
Learning outcomes for participants include:
Develop a robust understanding of the meaning and process of triage.
Understand how to perform a triage survey and obtain a capsule history.
Understand the concept of perfusion and recognise signs of shock.
Be able to confidently assign accurate triage levels.
Recording from 31 January 2024
Speaker:
Sara Ho-Le
Sara Mooney, RVN CertVNECC VTS(ECC)
Sara has worked in a variety of sectors, including first opinion, specialist centres, university teaching hospitals and not-for-profit organisations in the United Kingdom and Australia. Sara currently works as the training and development co-ordinator at one of Melbourne's largest veterinary hospitals. Sara’s professional interests include, emergency and critical care nursing, disease pathophysiology, anaesthesia and analgesia, wound care and in-clinic teaching and training.