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Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, Maine 2025

September 11 - 13, 2025

Original price was: $1,045.00.Current price is: $945.00.

Topics:
Emergency Critical Care- Dr. Chris McLaughlin
Emergency Critical Care – Dr. Adesola Odunayo

Learn about Veterinary Cardiac Emergency Critical Care while enjoying the Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Coast and natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the Atlantic coastline of the United States, an abundance of habitats, and a rich cultural heritage. Acadia National Park protects the natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the Atlantic coastline of the United States, an abundance of habitats, and a rich cultural heritage. At 4 million visits a year, it’s one of the top 10 most-visited national parks in the United States. Visitors enjoy 27 miles of historic motor roads, 158 miles of hiking trails, and 45 miles of carriage roads.

As the eastern and northernmost state in the contiguous United States, you might already be aware that Maine is the first state the sun’s rays touch every day. What you might not know is that – because the sun is in a different location across the sky throughout the year – the precise points that see America’s first light actually rotates throughout the year. From March to mid-September, it’s 1,748-foot Mars Hill near the Canadian border; from Mid-September to October, it’s Quoddy Head State Park in Lubec; and from Mid-October to early March, it’s 1,532-foot Cadillac Mountain Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor. That means that Acadia’s tallest peak actually holds the title of “First to See Sunrise” for most of the year.

September 11, 2025
12:30pm-1pm ET Registration Sign In and Pick a Seat! Stone House
1-1:10pm Welcome
1:10-2 pm The First Five Minutes
2:10–3:25pm Feline Urethral Obstruction
3:25-3:45pm BREAK AND SNACK
3:45-5pm Management of Tachyarrhythmia
5:10-6pm Management of Bradyarrhythmia
6:15pm-7:15pm Welcome Reception Ballroom Patio

September 12, 2025
7am-8 am Breakfast Ballroom
8-8:50am Updates on Decontamination Techniques
9-9:50am This Cat Ate What?
10-10:50am Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation- A RECOVER Approach
10:50-11:10am BREAK AND SNACK
11:10–12noon The Why and How of Centesis: Thoracocentesis, Pericardiocentesis and Abdominocentesis
12:10-1pm Acute and Chronic Management of Congestive Heart Failure
1pm EXPLORE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK AND BAR HARBOR, ME!

September 13, 2025
7am-8am Breakfast BALLROOM
8-8:50am The Respiratory Distress Cat
9-9:50am Point of Care Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound
10-10:50am Pulmonary Hypertension: An Under-Recognized Contributor to Respiratory Distress in Dogs
10:50-11:10am BREAK AND SNACK
11:10–12noon Rational Approach to the Bleeding Patient
12:10-1pm A Criticalist’s Guide to Neurologic Emergencies
1pm BOOK YOUR NEXT VETVACATIONCE!

Save with Early Registration

Super Saver Rate: $945 with 90 days advanced registration
VetVacationCE Rate: $995 from 89 days to 45 days advanced registration
JetSetter Rate: $1045 less than 45 days advanced registration

Technician Discount

If you are a technician, use Coupon Code TECH75 for $75 off the regular registration rate.

RACE approved CE

15 Hours of RACE approved for CE for Veterinarians and Technicians.

Your Destination

Bar Harbor Regency

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Room Rate: $375+ 9% taxes + $15 resort fee plus$20 additional for the 3rd and 4th guest over 18 staying in the room

Accommodations are available 3 days before and after the event based on availability and limited at this special rate. Please book and register early!
The resort fee includes access to one $15 voucher per room to Whale Watching Co. Tours, access to the tennis courts (includes racket and balls), access to the Fitness Center, waterfront pool, hot tub, WIFI, self parking, in-room coffee, access to laundry room, unlimited local and toll-free calls, and access to kids activity room, pack n'plays, and cribs.

Getting There

Hancock (BHB): 20 minutes from Boston on Cape Air managed by Jet Blue
Bangor International Airport (BGR): 1 hour
Portland International Jetport (PWM): 3 hour scenic drive
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS): 4.5 hour drive - scenic drive through Salem, MA (Witch Trial history) and the Portland Lighthouses

Emergency Critical Care

Chris McLaughlin, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), DACVECC

Dr. Chris McLaughlin is originally from Woostock, New Brunswick, Canada.  He attended the Atlantic Veterinary College, followed by an Internship at the Ontario Veterinary College.  He completed a residency in Emergency and Critical Care from North Carolina State University in 2016, before moving to South Florida to practice in two, large referral hospitals.  During his time as a Director of Emergency and Critical Care, he developed a passion for minimally invasive interventional procedures.  This led me to undertake a second residency in Cardiology at North Carolina State University, which he completed in July 2023.

There are many things he loves about practicing Cardiology.  He has a passion for interventional procedures and has extensive experience in the management of several congenital and acquired heart defects, including ACDO occlusion of Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Balloon Valvuloplasty and Pulmonary Valve Stenting for Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, Pacemaker implantation, diagnostic right and left heart catheterization, balloon membranostomy of Cor Triatriatum Dexter, and heartworm retrieval in Caval Syndrome, among others.  It is incredibly rewarding to intervene in puppies and kittens with heart disease and give them a long and healthy life.  With his background in Emergency and Intensive Care Unit Medicine, he also enjoy inpatient management of critically ill and complex cardiopulmonary cases, including heart failure and arrhythmias.  Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the relationships that are built with clients, their pets, and their family veterinarians while managing chronic heart disease are both rewarding and fulfilling for him.  He prefers to be a partner in a patient’s care, involving the clients and their family veterinarians in all management decisions and follow up.

Presentation Synopsis

1. Management of Tachyarrhythmia
2. Management of Bradyarrhythmia
3. The Why and How of Centesis: Thoracocentesis, Pericardiocentesis and Abdominocentesis
4. Acute and Chronic Management of Congestive Heart Failure
5. The Respiratory Distress Cat
6. Point of Care Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound
7. Pulmonary Hypertension: An Under-Recognized Contributor to Respiratory Distress in Dogs
8. Anesthesia and Sedation in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease (30 minutes)

Emergency Critical Care

Adesola Odunayo DVM, MS, DACVECC

1. Updates on Decontamination Techniques
2. This Cat Ate What?
3. Feline Urethral Obstruction- Management and Updates (75 minutes)
4. Approach to the Animal with Collapse
5. Rational Approach to the Bleeding Patient
6. Drugs for Sedation and Analgesia in the Critically Ill
7. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation- A RECOVER Approach
8. Canine Parvoviral Enteritis
9. A Criticalist’s Guides to Neurologic Emergencies
10. Fluid Therapy
11. The First Five Minutes

Presentation Synopsis

Dr. Adesola Odunayo is The Michael Schaer Distinguished Professor of Emergency and CriticalCare at the University of Florida. She obtained her DVM from Oklahoma State University in2005 and completed an Emergency and Critical Care Residency at the University ofMissouri in 2010. She worked as a clinical instructor at Auburn University from 2010-2012and became a clinical associate professor at the University of Tennessee during her tenurethere from 2012-2021. She has worked at the University of Florida since 2021 and has awide variety of clinical and research interests, including acid-suppression, transfusionmedicine and venous access. However, the favorite part of her job is being by her patients’bedside.