HVVMS In-Person CE Lecture: Upper Airway Emergencies
Cosimo's On Union
1217 New York 300Newburgh, NY 12550
United States
Event Details
Presented by: Tara Fetzer, DVM, DACVECC
This lecture will focus on a brief review of upper airway anatomy and highlight some common upper airway emergencies. Following this lecture participants will be able to recognize the common presentations of BOAS crisis, laryngeal paralysis crisis, traumas to the upper airways, and some masses within the upper airways leading to labored breathing. We will discuss diagnostics and treatments with a special focus on initial stabilization.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the common clinical presentations of upper airway emergencies, including BOAS crisis, laryngeal paralysis crisis, upper airway trauma, and airway masses causing labored breathing.
- Identify appropriate diagnostic approaches for evaluating patients presenting with acute upper airway distress.
- Apply initial stabilization and treatment strategies for patients in upper airway crisis.
Agenda
| June 29 | |
| 7:00 PM | Registration |
| 7:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Lecture |
For More Information:
Dr. Fetzer grew up in the Lehigh Valley and attended Northampton Community College to obtain her Associate's Degree in Veterinary Technology in 2005. She went on to obtain her Bachelor's Degree in Large Animal Science from Delaware Valley University in 2008. She then moved to Raleigh for veterinary school and graduated with her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University in 2012. Dr. Fetzer completed a one year small-animal internship at Texas A&M University in 2013. She completed her Emergency & Critical Care Residency at the University of Wisconsin in 2016 and that same year became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. She worked as a board certified Critical Care Specialist at a large emergency and specialty referral hospital in Bergen County, NJ for several years prior to moving back to the Lehigh Valley and worked at a local specialty and ER center for several years before venturing out on her own providing locum critical care coverage and consultation services. With a passion for lifelong learning Dr. Fetzer also works as an Adjunct Instructor in the LCCC/NCC Veterinary Nursing Program and provides administrative support for the program as well.
Dr. Fetzer's clinical interests include trauma, sepsis, toxicities, and transfusion medicine. She has a passion for working with disaster preparedness and emergency response teams and has been fortunate to be involved with various groups including the Texas Veterinary Emergency Team. Dr. Fetzer also enjoys teaching and has lectured at numerous veterinary conferences. She is a member of several committees of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, as well as state and local organizations. In her spare time Dr. Fetzer enjoys traveling, spending time with her family and friends, and hanging out with her rescue dog, Miles, and cat Katy.