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Principal Vet Cristian Mihaita has dealt with ECC cases since his days at university in Romania, so the world of emergency medicine is familiar territory. However, Cristian says taking part in our AdvantEdge programme has provided a real and welcome boost to his veterinary skills and expertise.<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your veterinary background?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I studied at the University of Spiru Haret \u201cVeterinary Medicine\u2019\u2019 in my home country Romania, graduating in 2017. It\u2019s a six-year course and from about my third or fourth year I was introduced to ECC through working nights as an assistant at a small animal primary care 24-hour clinic. The difference in Romania is that there\u2019s no accredited route for the training of vet nurses therefore vet students tend to be used instead. So, while I was supervised, I got to see and do a lot with ECC cases and already had quite a bit of experience by the time I left university.<\/p>\n

What sort of cases did you see?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was quite different in Romania to what you\u2019d typically come across in the UK. So, in the summer we\u2019d tend to see what was called \u2018cat falling syndrome\u2019. Bucharest is a city with a lot of high-rise apartment blocks and in the summer months, when people left doors open, cats would often fall from upper storeys. We would also deal with a greater number of infectious disease cases than you would not expect to see in Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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