Vetcot - Veterinary Committee on Trauma

Becoming a Veterinary Trauma Center is not easy. And staying requires a committment from the whole team to improve trauma patient care. We are so proud of the work that Maine Veterinary Medical Center is doing to provide advanced and compassionate care for pets.

💚As a longstanding member of the Vetcot network and VECCs, our hospital continues to benefit from collaborative excellence in veterinary specialty and emergency medicine. 💚

Our affiliation provides:
-Access to advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies
-Knowledge-sharing with specialists across multiple disciplines
-Ongoing professional development and clinical best practices
-Comprehensive emergency and specialty care resources

This partnership reinforces our commitment to delivering the highest standard of veterinary care to our community, backed by a network dedicated to advancing the field.

Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society

The open access ACVECC Veterinary Committee on Trauma Registry Report 2022–2023 report is out in JVECC! The paper by Wedig et al. features innovative graphics combining number of cases and fatality by trauma type, giving a totally new look to the demographics of trauma.

Here is a sneak peek at the data in dogs! The inner circle represents trauma type, and outer sections represent trauma subtype. Fatality rate is depicted as a color scale from dark purple (0% fatality) to bright yellow (25%) fatality.

Link to the full registry report: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/share/SZRCIAQAM4EPTKUIQEEX?target=10.1111/vec.70026

We are debuting the Veterinary Advanced Trauma Life Support Course at the VetCOT conference this year. The Primary Survey and Module 1: Initial Assessment and Management are available now!

Check out the course here: https://vetcot.org/vetatls/

Did you attend our quarterly Trauma Talk last month?

Dr. Lily Parkinson, DACZM, DACVECC discussed how to triage and stabilize non-domestic animals.

If not, check out the link to watch: https://echo360.org/media/f8752ad7-302e-40e9-b8e2-805e732f41e7/public

What are the most common surgical procedures that cats need after a traumatic injury? See the figure above and check out the primary paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37120709/