Preparing for Equine Emergencies with Dr Lizzie McCready
Dr Lizzie McCready is an equine veterinarian and founder of Empowering Equine Education, an online platform specialising in providing horse owners and equine professionals advice and education on Equine Emergency Response.
Through her years of experience working in the UK and Australia in an equine practice and as an ambulatory vet, Dr Lizzie has learnt the gold-standard techniques to manage equine emergencies. Having witnessed common and preventable mistakes again and again, Dr Lizzie is now using her knowledge to help empower horse owners to be confident to take the correct steps to prevent further injury and give their horse the best chance of recovery.
IN THIS EPISODE
Dr Lizzie tells us how an unfortunate injury was a blessing in disguise and a catalyst for the creation of Empowering Equine Education.
Emergencies are one of the scariest moments for any horse owner. Dr Lizzie shares her tips and tricks to make emergencies less stressful for both you and your horse.
Dr Lizzie shares her three-step ACT framework to help you to decide your plan of action and, in turn, prevent unnecessary costs or callouts.
Do you struggle to take your horse’s temperature? We discover the importance of knowing your horses’ vitals and the best methods to get accurate measurements in a safe manner.
Knowing what to place in your first aid kit is often difficult but is an important step to ensuring you are prepared for an emergency; Dr Lizzie shares her complete first aid kit checklist and her tips to make sure that your kit is always ready.
Have you ever wondered how illnesses differ from Australia to the UK? We chat about the influence of climates and how there are plenty of similarities in both countries.
All this and so much more in this episode of THE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
1 comment
Hi Dr McCreedy,
I just saw your upcoming master class on Colic and couldn’t agree more it’s a much needed topic. I’m also a vet and worked for years here in the states with Dr JD Wheat and Scott Sim, DVM, and we lost more colics because of errors by the primary vet ! We saw so many who were “one shot of banamine away from being saved!” All too often these well meaning guys would give the banamine, see improvement and leave, too often telling the client they could give more. I once watched a horse rupture its colon in the stocks while we were prepping it for surgery! Heart rate was really reasonable at 50 because his pain was so well controlled because of the drug. What we saw was him heave a big sigh of relief just as we led him into the induction room, and found his clearly freshly ruptured colon when we opened him. Was so tragic because it was so needless! I’m really. curious as to what you plan to cover, Something we always taught our regular clients was to know in advance whether their horse would be a candidate for colic surgery if needed. Too often they say they can’t afford it, then change their minds at the last minute and asked us to do whatever we can to save them. As you know, treatment and decision making is all mostly based on heart rate, then gum color etc etc. We created a worksheet for clients to chart the vital signs, meds etc, that acted as a guide for decisions. When heart rates elevated to certain levels they needed to load up and get to their surgical facility etc. Would love to hear your thoughts and compare notes
Hi Dr McCreedy,
I just saw your upcoming master class on Colic and couldn’t agree more it’s a much needed topic. I’m also a vet and worked for years here in the states with Dr JD Wheat and Scott Sim, DVM, and we lost more colics because of errors by the primary vet ! We saw so many who were “one shot of banamine away from being saved!” All too often these well meaning guys would give the banamine, see improvement and leave, too often telling the client they could give more. I once watched a horse rupture its colon in the stocks while we were prepping it for surgery! Heart rate was really reasonable at 50 because his pain was so well controlled because of the drug. What we saw was him heave a big sigh of relief just as we led him into the induction room, and found his clearly freshly ruptured colon when we opened him. Was so tragic because it was so needless! I’m really. curious as to what you plan to cover, Something we always taught our regular clients was to know in advance whether their horse would be a candidate for colic surgery if needed. Too often they say they can’t afford it, then change their minds at the last minute and asked us to do whatever we can to save them. As you know, treatment and decision making is all mostly based on heart rate, then gum color etc etc. We created a worksheet for clients to chart the vital signs, meds etc, that acted as a guide for decisions. When heart rates elevated to certain levels they needed to load up and get to their surgical facility etc. Would love to hear your thoughts and compare notes