Today is a first for the podcast - we're using a case study to discuss how we can provide even better care to our haematology patients!

From performing initial diagnostic tests to running a blood donation and transfusion and everything in between, we'll break it all down in this episode - so you can walk away and give confident care to your own haematology patients.

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Let me ask you this.

Who does the blood transfusions in your practice? The vets? Or the nurses?

Yes, it will be us monitoring the patient and collecting the vitals, but who…

• Calculates the blood?

• Prepares it?

• Performs the donations?

• Cares for the donors?

If it's not the nurses, I'm going to suggest it should be - because there's no reason for us not to do all of these things (as long as we run our plan past the vets and ensure they agree before going ahead!)

In this episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast we're taking the confusion out of transfusions, so you can confidently care for your haematology patients in practice.

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Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity is one of the most common toxicities reported in dogs and can cause severe bleeding if not identified and managed quickly.

These patients often present as emergencies and can require intensive treatment and nursing care - and how to deliver that care is exactly what we'll be diving into in this episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast.

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Got a young patient who just won't stop bleeding from their microchip site, vaccine site, or gingiva after deciduous tooth loss? There's a good chance they have a coagulopathy.

We see two types of coagulopathy in practice - congenital and acquired - and it's those congenital ones we're discussing today. It's important we pick up on these as soon as possible in the patient's life, to prevent severe haemorrhage at the time of neutering or during other procedures.

Identifying congenital coagulopathies starts with understanding what they are, and how they impact our patients - which is exactly what you'll be able to do after this episode.

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Picture this: you're on the admit shift on a Tuesday morning, and your next patient is a 6-month-old Doberman for routine neutering.

Is there anything you'd be particularly worried about before surgery? Is there anything you'd discuss with the client or any tests you'd speak to your vet about?

Dobermans are a classic breed affected by von Willebrand's disease, which is a disease that sits somewhere between thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy. If they have it, bleeding is a very real risk.

Thankfully, if we know beforehand, we can implement strategies to manage the patient's disease and prevent severe haemorrhage. That starts with understanding von Willebrand's disease and how it works, which is exactly what we're covering in this episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast.

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Picture this.

You're working the Saturday morning shift, you're wrapping things up ready to close, and your vet brings through a patient from consults.

The patient is a 6-year-old cocker spaniel, and they've got a history of lethargy and exercise intolerance, progressing to melena, haematuria and bruising in the last 2 days. You examine them with the vet and find they're dull, tachycardic and have bounding pulses.

What's going on, and most importantly, what are you going to do about it? Well - they have some kind of bleeding disorder, and based on these signs, there's a good chance they have very low platelet levels.

But why does this happen, and how can we support these patients? We'll dive into all of that in this episode.

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When I say 'IMHA', what comes to mind?

For me, it's the most challenging case I have ever cared for: a patient who had such severe anaemia that their jaundice made them neurological, earning them a few days on a propofol CRI due to seizures.

Whilst not every IMHA case is like this—thankfully—these patients do need intensive nursing care and monitoring, and with this, there are many skills we can use when caring for them.

But to do that, we first need to understand IMHA, how it affects our patients, and how we manage it—exactly what we're covering in this episode.

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Anaemia is probably the most common haematologic disease that we see - so it's vital we understand why it occurs, how it affects our patients, and what we need to do when nursing these patients.

In episode 40 of the Medical Nursing Podcast, we're chatting all about what causes anaema, how we classify it, what changes we see in our results, and how we treat these patients - so that you can provide the best possible nursing care.

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How often do you look at blood smears in practice - and how confident do you feel looking at what you see?

Blood smears are an excellent skill for us to learn as nurses - there's no reason we can't look at these, identify normal and abnormal cells, and perform cell counts!

It's not 'just a vet's job', and the only way to feel more confident knowing what you're looking at is to look at more and more smears and get comfortable with what's normal and what isn't.

But before we start looking at smears, we need to know what cells we're looking at and refresh ourselves on what they do - exactly what we're covering in this episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast.

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Ever seen a patient present with collapse, disorientation and seizures which resolves almost immediately? There's a good chance they could have insulinoma - a pancreatic tumour causing sudden hypoglycaemia.

So how do we treat and nurse these patients - and what complications do we run into during and after surgery? We're discussing it all in episode 38 of the Medical Nursing Podcast.

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