Anita Parkin RVN, AVN, Dip (Surgery & ECC), VTS (Anaesthesia & Analgesia), CVPP, TAE

Feeding Tube Workshop

Description:

Should a feeding tube be placed? What type of tube should be placed? These are regular questions that get asked in veterinary hospitals. This session will cover these questions and the placement of different types of feeding tubes and why one would be chosen over another, different foods that can be placed down these tubes, how the tube can be stop from blocking, and how to make it more comfortable for the patient during feeding. We will also touch on resting energy requirements for the patient.

Objectives:

Reviewing when a feeding tube should be placed in small animals - Identifying different types of feeding tubes that can be placed - Placement of naso-oesophageal tubes, nasogastric tubes, oesophageal tubes - How to maintain different feeding tubes after placement - How to feed through feeding tubes.