Dry Labs
EVECC Congress - DRY LAB Descriptions
As in previous years we are organizing different labs at EVECC Congress 2025 where you can learn the skills of emergency procedures and critical care from well-known specialists. There is a limited number of attendees for each lab so please register as soon as possible to reserve your spot in your preferred lab.
All dry labs will take place at the Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik Hotel.
Please note that the labs can only be booked in combination with a congress registration for at least the day on which the lab takes place.
The disposables for all labs are made possible by the generous support of:
Wednesday June 4th & Thursday June 5th - RECOVER Instructor Certification Course
Tutors: Ken Yagi & Daniel Fletcher
Time: 09.00 - 18.00 (incl. breaks, 8 hrs. workshop)
Location: Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik Hotel
Room: Divona 1 & 2
Maximum number of attendees: Fully booked! 16 (delegates must be registered for the full congress)
Format: Dry lab
Lab fee: Early fee € 450,00 incl. VAT / Late fee € 500,00 incl. VAT
Description: This session offers veterinary professionals certification as RECOVER CPR BLS and ALS Instructors, approved to certify veterinarians and veterinary technicians as RECOVER BLS and ALS Rescuers. Participants must have successfully completed the RECOVER BLS and ALS online courses and be RECOVER Certified Rescuers in BLS and ALS. Participants will learn how to run hands-on BLS certification workshops with CPR mannequins and how to deliver the standardized assessments to certify others as BLS Rescuers. Attendees will then learn to run a hands-on ALS workshop with a canine patient simulator running a series of CPR simulations, and ultimately a final "mega-code" simulation to certify ALS Rescuers.
Day 1 (June 4) will consist of practical training for instructor candidates, and Day 2 (June 5) will consist of assisting in teaching the BLS/ALS Rescuer course for teaching experience.
Requirements: There is a selection process through an application (details below). There will be pre-workshop coursework selected, and participants must complete it online through the RECOVER website to attend the workshop. You must be able to attend both in-person sessions at the Congress in full to qualify as a RECOVER Certified Instructor.
Application Process: There is an application process for attendance for this workshop. Being a RECOVER Certified BLS and ALS Rescuer is a prerequisite for the workshop.
Register for the EVECC Congress through the congress website (early registration ends April 15, 2025).
Register for the workshop through the instructions provided by RECOVER
IMPORTANT: You must register for both the general conference and the workshop in order to participate.
We will provide more details on the extra registration process and deadlines at a later stage.
Thursday June 5th - RECOVER BLS & ALS Certification Course
Tutors: Ken Yagi & Daniel Fletcher
Time: 09.00 - 18.00 (incl. breaks, 8 hrs. workshop)
Location: Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik Hotel
Room: Divona 1 & 2
Maximum number of attendees: 40 (delegates must be registered for the full congress)
Format: Dry lab
Lab fee: Early fee € 350,00 incl. VAT / Late fee € 400,00 incl. VAT
Prerequisite: Completion of the online RECOVER BLS and ALS courses at learning.acvecc.org is required to attend this workshop!
Please note: You have to organize and pay for this online training yourself, via learning.acvecc.org. If you use the coupon "EVECC2025" during check-out, you receive a 20% discount on the course!
How do we best treat animals in cardiopulmonary arrest? The RECOVER Initiative first published evidence-based veterinary CPR guidelines in 2012, leading to the official CPR certification process approved by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Updated in 2024, these guidelines reflect the latest advancements in RECOVER Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS), which this course will teach.
The certification process consists of an online course followed by onsite, hands-on training. Participants must have successfully completed the RECOVER online BLS and ALS courses (available at http://learning.acvecc.org). Successful completion of this course grants certification as a RECOVER BLS and ALS Rescuer. Human medical professionals certify in human CPR. Veterinary medical professionals should certify themselves in veterinary CPR!
Basic Life Support Certification
Participants will receive a review of core concepts in RECOVER BLS and have an opportunity to apply these concepts through scenarios using canine mannequins. Practice scenarios include single-rescuer BLS and two-rescuer BLS, with and without intubation. The session concludes with a practical assessment resulting in certification as a RECOVER Certified BLS Rescuer upon passing.
Advanced Life Support Certification
Participants will review core concepts in RECOVER ALS through scenario-based immersive simulation. The scenarios will provide the opportunity to apply concepts in patient monitoring, use of drugs, defibrillation, and the decision-making process of appropriate interventions during CPR. The session concludes with a team-based practical assessment resulting in certification as a RECOVER Certified ALS Rescuer upon passing.
Attendees will have access to high-quality CPR mannequins (Rescue Critters Advanced Airway Jerry) and tuition will be provided by highly experienced instructors/RECOVER Board members.
Friday June 6th - Blood gas, Electrolytes and Acid base Workshop
Tutor: Kristin Zersen
Time: 14.10 - 18.20 (incl. breaks)
Location: Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik Hotel
Room: Divona 1 & 2
Maximum number of attendees: 20
Format: Dry lab
Lab fee: Early fee € 175,00 incl. VAT / Late fee € 225,00 incl. VAT
In this interactive workshop, attendees will learn a systematic approach to blood gas analysis, acid base analysis, and interpretation of electrolyte abnormalities. In the first part of this lab, introductory lectures will review arterial blood gas analysis, the step-by-step approach to traditional acid-base analysis, and sodium and potassium disorders. Mechanisms for assessing oxygenation and calculations based on blood gas analysis will be reviewed.
In the second part of the lab, attendees will work through case-based examples of acid-base and electrolyte disorders, assess patient oxygenation and ventilation, develop patient treatment plans, and get feedback from the instructor.
This lab is made possible by the generous support of:
