The VetCOT Pulse--June 2025

VetATLS Update:

The Primary Survey and Module 1 have launched!

Primary Survey Module is FREE!

VetCOT 2025 Annual Conference Recap

We had 112 attendees, including speakers and sponsors, at the spring VetCOT conference in Las Vegas in April. The group represented 65 clinics and some individuals travelled from as far as Australia, Canada and Israel. The translational medicine panel discussion continues to be a conference favorite, as well as the small size of the conference, giving people the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. We tried a new event this year-- lunch workshops. The feedback was quite positive and we'll be including them in next year's agenda.

Save the date for next year's conference--April 24-26, 2026, in Las Vegas.

Subcommittee Highlights

Join us June 18th at 8PM EST with Dr. Sean Majoy as a our guest speaker.

TOPIC: Prehospital Care of Operational K9s in the US: Legislation and Training Update.

Sean Majoy is a criticalist at Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment & Specialties and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton, MA. Dr. Majoy may be considered a “Triple Jumbo”, having completed veterinary school, residency, and served as both full time and adjunct faculty at Tufts---home of the Jumbos. He is the current president of the National Association of Veterinary Emergency Medical Services and is very active in the statewide efforts to teach pre-hospital care of working dogs to emergency medical providers.

He has spent most of his veterinary career as an officer in the US Army Veterinary Corps, first serving on active duty for 12 years, a span which included two overseas assignments in Seoul, Korea and one assignment heading the internal medicine and outpatient section at the LTC Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. During the last 6 years he has served as a reservist, recently leading the last veterinary detachment in Afghanistan from 2020-2021. His primary areas of interest are management of trauma, surgical emergencies, and working dog medicine and care.

Here are links to abstracts from the 2025 Conference.

Save the date for the VetCOT 2026 Conference--April 24-26, 2026 in Las Vegas. Submit your abstracts and case studies and get free conference admission AND possible $1000 travel award, if accepted. The deadline for submission is Jan. 20, 2026.

Registry Data and Publications

We have 32 published articles using VetCOT Registry Data and 9 more in process.

Thanks to your continued efforts we also have 75,000 registry case entries.

We looked at the number average entries by month across all Verified Trauma Centers. Each trauma center received a customized report. Here is a snapshot of all VTCs.

Trauma Support Subcommittee

With a heavy heart, we are passing along the sad news that we have lost a pillar of our VetCOT community on Friday May 16th: Jocey Pronko. Jocey was a tireless advocate for ensuring the veterinary nurse/technician voice was involved with all things VetCOT. The Trauma Support Team subcommittee was her brainchild, and a critical component of the overall VetCOT initiative. Jocey was the first recipient of The Dr. Alison Wilson Trauma Support Team Award at the VetCOT conference in 2024. She will be deeply missed.

Communications Subcommittee

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Don't forget to take care of you!

We are grateful for a special contribution from Dr. Jackie Henry and Dr. Heidi Strohmaier with H&S Wellness Consultants on "Navigating Grief and Moral Injury in Veterinary Medicine". You can reach them at hswellnessconsultants.com if you would like more information.