Colic 1 with Professor Sarah Freeman
Keep an hour of Wednesday 30 October evening free for the first of four Educational Webinars with Professor Sarah Freeman.
Read about Sarah below.
Wednesday 30 October 2024 - 7 to 8pm
Colic 1
This first session will explore what makes the horse’s gastrointestinal tract so unique, how we can feed and manage horses to best suit this, and what happens when things go wrong. It will cover the normal anatomy and physiology, and how diet and management affect this, and will review the different types of colic and why they occur.
Each webinar will count as 1 CPD point for the BHS Accredited Professional Coach Register.
About Sarah
Sarah is a Professor of Veterinary Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Nottingham. She holds the European Diploma in Equine Surgery and leads a number of research projects and campaigns.
She leads the research team which was behind the React Now Colic Campaign, and currently leads new research programmes, developing an educational campaign on equine wounds with the British Horse Society, and working with the Horse Trust to develop resources to help support end-of-life decisions in horses.
Sarah has been an invited speaker at the National Equine Welfare Conference, the Animal Welfare Foundation Conference, and last year was plenary speaker at the British Equine Veterinary Association Congress. She has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and won the RCVS Impact award for her work on colic.
Biography.
Sarah Freeman graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1994. Following a year working in mixed practice in Suffolk, she returned to the Royal Veterinary College in 1995 working as an intern, completing a PhD, residency and then becoming a lecturer in Equine Surgery at the Royal Veterinary College in 1999. Between 2002 and 2005, Sarah was self-employed undertaking consultancy veterinary education and clinical work. She became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2005. She joined the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham in 2005, and was involved in much of the early planning and delivery of a new vet school and curriculum. Sarah was awarded a personal Chair in 2014, and is now a Professor of Veterinary Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. She was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2017 for meritorious contributions to clinical practice, and won the RCVS Impact award in 2019 for her work within the REACT colic campaign.
At Nottingham, she continues to teach across all five years of the vet school curriculum, and has several current active research programmes, including on the health and welfare of working equids internationally, equine behaviour assessment methods, castration complications, wound management in horses, and end-of-life decisions.
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Colic 2
The second session will look more in depth about what happens when a horse has colic – what signs they might show, what to do whilst waiting for the vet, and the common treatments used. The session will then look in more depth at some of the more uncommon but critical conditions, including surgical cases. We will talk about what happens at the hospital, survival rates for different conditions and horses, and what are the most important factors to consider when deciding if this is the right choice for your horse.
Wednesday 13 November 2024 - 7 to 8pm
Friends at the End
This session will talk about how we make end-of-life decisions for our horses – when we should be thinking about this, how we know when the time has come, what the options are for us and our horses, and the help and support we can get throughout the process. This is the most important decision you will make for your horse, and although it’s a difficult topic to talk about, it is essential that we do. This session will give you the chance to think about options, and ask questions.
Wednesday 20 November 2024 - 7 to 8pm
Wounds
Wounds are the second most common emergency (after colic). If your emergency kit currently has out-of-date poultices and some purple spray, and you worry about when and whether you should call the vet, then you need to come to this session! We will cover which wounds need a vet call out, where some of the danger zones are, what first aid you should be doing, what to put on wounds (and what not to), and how to recognise problems and complications.