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[NP-SVC1-12] Emergency and Critical Care - Part of Post Diploma Certificate in Clinical Procedures (SDVC1)

Offered by School of Life Sciences & Chemical Technology

Specialist Diploma

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Area of interest
Veterinary Science, Science

About Course

Course Objectives

Pain management will cover effective communication to clients in ensuring delivery of appropriate analgesia for patients, the common causes, physiologic and behavioural aspects and effects of pain, basic principles of effective analgesic treatments and techniques, and adjunctive analgesic protocols in small animals. Anaesthesia will cover patient preparation (e.g. fasting, history and clinical examination), an introduction to common anaesthetic agents (e.g. injectables, inhalants) available in practice, principles of endotracheal tube intubation which involve tube selection, tube preparation, intubation procedure, checking for proper placement, cuff inflation, and complications. It will also cover anaesthetic protocol selection in different disease presentations and animal species, and the proper execution of anaesthesia (i.e. equipment preparation, preanaesthetic drugs, anaesthetic induction, maintenance of anaesthesia, patient positioning, comfort and safety and anaesthetic recovery). Students will learn monitoring of anaesthesia (i.e. stages and planes of anaesthesia, principles of monitoring, vital signs, indicators of circulation, oxygenation, ventilation, monitoring of reflexes and other indicators of anaesthetic depth), function and setup of anaesthetic (e.g. Anaesthetic machine, endotracheal tubes, laryngoscopes, breathing circuits, masks etc.) and monitoring equipment (e.g. capnography, ECG, blood pressure and SPO2), interpretation of data, and intervention in anaesthetic complications.

Course Description

Emergency and Critical Care - Part of Post Diploma Certificate in Clinical Procedures (SDVC1) is a 45hrs module

Course Structure

TPG course reference No.

TGS-2024041793

Emergency and Critical Care - Part of Post Diploma Certificate in Clinical Procedures (SDVC1)
Emergency and Critical Care (NP-013629)
This module covers fundamentals of fluid therapy such as indications, body fluid compartments, types of IV fluids, fluid administration methods, fluid additives, monitoring of fluid therapy and complications. Participants will gain an understanding to transfusion medicine such as indications to blood and plasma transfusion, blood donors, pre-transfusion testing, blood collection, types of blood products and administration of blood products. Aspects of trauma management such as triage, assessment of hydration status, initial diagnostics, basic first aid, patient monitoring, emergency techniques (e.g. abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, thoracic drain placement and tracheostomy tube placement), emergency respiratory support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation will be covered. A general approach to common emergencies involving different body systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, endocrine, metabolic, neurological, oncology, musculoskeletal, reproductive, and ocular emergencies, and common poisonings (e.g. insecticides, chocolate, rodenticides, and heavy metals) will be taught to students. Critical care will cover the fundamentals of post resuscitation care and the management of post resuscitation syndromes (e.g. iatrogenic injury, cardiovascular instability, transient cerebral dysfunction, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multi organ dysfunction) and recumbent patients.

Entry Requirements

Condition 1

Highest qualification

Polytechnic Diploma
or

Condition 2

Highest qualification

Bachelor's Or Equivalent

Financial matters

Course fees payable (incl. GST & excl. supplementary fee)

Description Emergency and Critical Care - Part of Post Diploma Certificate in Clinical Procedures (SDVC1) Total course fee
Full Course fee $1,118.34 $1,118.34
Singapore Citizen Aged 40 & Above $111.83 $111.83
PR Sponsored by SME $116.45 $116.45
Singapore Citizen Sponsored by SME $116.45 $116.45
Singapore Citizen Aged Below 40 $167.75 $167.75
Singapore PR $447.34 $447.34
Long-Term Visit Pass Plus $1,118.34 $1,118.34

GST rate

The course fees payable above are inclusive of 9% GST rate.

Payment option

The first payment needs to be made after accepting the offer.

Allowed payment by

Post-Secondary Education Account (Adhoc withdrawal form);SkillsFuture Credits (SFC);Credit card (e-payment);Debit card (e-payment);PayNow (e-payment)

Refund and withdrawal policy

  • Please note that a 100% refund will be available if the withdrawal request is submitted more than or equal to 14 days before the course start date.
  • Please note that a 50% refund will be available if the withdrawal request is submitted less than 14 days before the course start date.
  • Please note that no refund will be available if the withdrawal request is submitted on or after the course start date.