Online Conference Emergency Critical Care February 2026February 4 - 6, 2026
Topics:
Emergency Critical Care- Dr. Chris McLaughlin
Emergency Critical Care – Dr. Kristin Welch
This is an on-line CE conference, that is RACE approved as live interactive, featuring Dr. Chris McLaughlin and Dr. Kristen Welch We offer this CE using the NEW VetVacationCE APP. You can earn up to 15 hours of CE with your participation in our Vet Vacation conference. Conference classes will be held following the same schedule as the live event in Atlantis Paradise Island the Bahamas!
Early Bird: All three days $429 and One day $189. 5 CE hours per day before January 4th then pricing will increase to $499 and $219.
Individual CE certificates will be available through the APP at the end of the meeting.
February 4 | February 5 | February 6 |
Price range: $189.00 through $429.00
Description
Online Veterinary Conference 2026: Earn 15 Hours of Virtual Live Interactive Continuing Education!! Dr. Chris McLaughlin and Dr. Kristin Welch are experts in the field of Emergency Critical Care and Cardiology! Topics and biographies are below.
The virtual video and audio webinar platform for our Online Veterinary Conference 2025 allows for the following:
- The speaker’s slide presentation will be on your device screen.
- You will hear the speaker audio.
- You will be able to raise your hand to ask questions and get rapid response answers.
- We will make this as interactive as possible.
- We will send you a link to access the conference.
- A digital CE certificate of completion will be available by scanning the QR code at the conclusion of each day with the VetVacationCE APP.
Prior to the conference, we will email you the notes and links to the event.
VetVacationCE registration for this Live Interactive Veterinary Conference is $429 for the 3 day conference or $189 per day. Each day is 5 hours of CE until January 4th then rates will increase to $499 and $219.
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Benefits to Live Interactive Online Veterinary Conferences are:
- Ability to select from a variety of topics led by world renowned specialists
- Learn from a safe comfortable environment of your choice
- Access the best educators in the world
- Lower fees
- Replays available upon request
- Increase your skill level
- Stay up to date on new treatments and standards of care within the profession
- No need to travel – lower your carbon footprint
Whether you decide to learn with us in person or online, we guarantee an enjoyable learning experience with VetVacationCE.
Additional information
| Choose Schedule | February 4 – 6 (3 days) $429, February 4 only $189, February 5 only $189, February 6 only $189 |
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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
Kristin Welch, DVM, DACVECC
Dr. Welch's passion is ensuring that all practitioners are able to practice the spectrum of care including affordable accessible specialty-level medicine. She is the founder of DVM STAT Consulting, a concierge specialist tele-consultation platform launched in 2019. With a team of 16 specialists in 6 specialties, and growing, DVM STAT provides remote phone and online specialty consultations across the US and Canada to veterinarians 24/7/365. Dr. Welch privately coaches veterinarians in all phases of their veterinary career on enhancing clinical confidence. Her special interests include diagnostic imaging, trauma management, transfusion medicine, and complex metabolic and respiratory emergencies.
Originally from Massachusetts, Dr. Welch is a 2005 graduate from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed an Internship in Medicine and Surgery at The University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and Residency in Emergency Critical Care at Tufts University in 2010. She is a Diplomate of The American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care. Dr. Welch and her family of 5 have been anchored in coastal South Carolina for the past 14 years. For a decade, she played a pivotal role in establishing the Southeast's first VECCS Level I Emergency Critical Care certified hospital in Charleston, SC. More recently, she designed and co-founded a private specialty and emergency hospital in the southeast. Dr. Welch has been primary sonographer for over 13 years, both mobile and at large multi-specialty hospitals. She enjoys teaching ultrasound techniques to other veterinary practitioners. Dr. Welch has been an avid regional and national lecturer since 2006. She is a busy mom of three and in her free moments she can be found working out or enjoying the outdoors.
Presentation Synopsis
1. Management of Urgent and Emergent Cases in Practice Part 1
2. Management of Urgent and Emergent Cases in Practice Part 2
3. Revolutionizing Trauma Care: Advanced Techniques for Triage, Severity Assessment and Stabilization
4. Fluid Therapy Dynamics
5. Transfusion Medicine
6. Practical Management of the Complicated Diabetic including Diabetic Ketoacidosis
7. Snake Envenomation
8. Maximizing Ultrasound Utility in Practice
9. Mastering Respiratory Pathology