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Recognizing Red Flags: When to Stop, Listen & Reconsider
Length: 1 CE
Recognizing Red Flags: When to stop, listen, and reconsider. An overview of issues related to absolute and relative contraindications for providing chiropractic care in animals. 1 CE hour - Cat 1: Clinical Presented by: Dr. Kevin Haussler
- This presentation will provide an overview of issues related to absolute and relative contraindications for providing chiropractic care in animals.
- Defining absolute and relative contraindications
- List and description of common absolute contraindications for manual therapies in equine and small animal practice
- What to look for and what questions to ask
- Infectious, contagious, zoonotic, and reportable diseases
- How to develop a referral network and effective animal care team
- List and description of relative contraindications for manual therapies in equine and small animal practice
- Acute inflammation, tissue trauma, and infections
- Neurologic disorders – acute, chronic, and progressive
- Issues that may get confused with treatment contraindications
- Veterinary oversight, scope of practice, and licensure
- Concurrent procedures, sedation, and medications
- Antidoping considerations and treatment during active competition
This course has been approved by the IVCA.
AVCA Category I
This course has been approved by the AVCA for Category I credits.
Kevin Haussler, DVM, DC, PhD
I am an Associate Professor at the Orthopaedic Research Center at Colorado State University with research interests in the objective assessment of musculoskeletal pain, spinal dysfunction and the application of chiropractic, acupuncture, and rehabilitation of horses.
I am a charter diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation and am currently a course instructor for the Equine Rehabilitation Certification course at the University of Tennessee.
