The bloody battle: Nursing acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea syndrome
Patients with AHDS are often encountered within veterinary practices. They can present a significant challenge to treat, often requiring rapid assessment and intensive nursing care. Veterinary nurses play a crucial role in stabilising these patients, managing fluid therapy, monitoring for complications, and supporting recovery. This presentation will explore the nursing considerations essential for AHDS cases, including recognition of clinical signs, prioritisation of interventions and treatment options available to us. We will also discuss pain management, nutritional support and perianal care. Delegates will gain increased confidence in managing AHDS cases, with an emphasis on proactive nursing interventions that support both the patient's medical needs and their overall wellbeing.
- My goal for this lecture is cover the aetiology of the disease, how it is diagnosed and the treatment options available to us. These can be very intensive patients to care for and there are multiple nursing considerations. These include enteral nutrition, perianal care, monitoring ins and outs, and recumbent patient nursing i.e. physiotherapy, oral and ocular care.
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