Placement & Maintenance of Nasogastric Feeding Tubes in Cats
The goals of this session are to describe how to place nasogastric (NG) tubes in cats, discuss the benefits of NG tubes for temporary nutritional support, potential complications, and disease states where NG tubes are advantageous. The amount, type, and delivery method of food through the NG tube will be presented. Placement of an NG tube can be a way to support ill cats through a variety of disease states,
decreasing illness time, hospitalization, and are usually well-tolerated.
SPEAKER
Lisa Powell, DVM, DACVECC
Lisa Powell graduated veterinary school from Texas A&M in 1995, completed a small animal rotating internship at the AMC in NYC in 1996, then went on to a residency
in small animal emergency and critical care at Tufts University, finishing in 1999. She became board certified in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care in 2000. After
residency, Dr. Powell joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota where she worked as a clinical professor for 15 years. She developed the Emergency and Critical
Care Residency at the University of MN, which continues to be a strong program. She is an author of more than 30 veterinary publications, and authored a book entitled
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care: Case Studies in Client Communication, Morbidity and Mortality. She is currently an associate emergency and critical care
clinician at BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Minnesota and is a national and international speaker on all things Emergency and Critical Care! Her clinical interests include
cardiopulmonary disease,severe trauma, and fluid therapy.
CE APPROVAL
This course has been certified by or provided by the following Certified Organization/s:
• AAVSB-Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) - 1.00 Hours
• New York State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - 1.00 Hours
This webinar is sponsored by:
