----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: URGENT: Cats to Die on April 13 in UVA Medical Training Exercises
Dear Supporters of Citizens for Humane Medicine,
We hope you will help stop the April 13 killing of cats in intubation
exercises taught by the University of Virginia at Stonewall Jackson
Hospital in
Lexington, Virginia. The use of cats in this manner is cruel, expensive,
and
wasteful. Simulators designed specifically to teach intubation skills are
readily available and reasonably priced.
This action alert gives you the following details:
1. Cats Killed in Intubation Exercises by the University of Virginia
2. Who to Contact
3. What to Say
Feel free to forward this action alert to anyone who might be interested
in
ending these training exercises on cats.
CATS KILLED IN INTUBATION EXERCISES BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
UVA uses cats in endotracheal intubation training exercises in its
Perinatal
Continuing Education Program (PCEP) offered to physicians, nurses, midwives, respiratory therapists, and medical residents. The cats are
killed after
these training exercises. On April 13, UVA will take its PCEP class to Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, Virginia.
Given UVA's 02/26/04 announcement to discontinue its dog labs and to use
simulators to educate its medical students whenever possible, Citizens for
Humane
Medicine feels that UVA should use simulators to teach its postgraduate medical courses as well, including the PCEP.
WHO TO CONTACT
Contact the following people before April 13 and ask them to use humane,
cost-effective, anatomically accurate manikins instead of cats in UVA's
PCEP
training exercises.
> JOHN KATTWINKEL, MD
> University of Virginia Health System
> P.O. Box 800386
> Charlottesville, VA 22908
> Phone: 434-924-5428
> Fax: 434-924-2816
> E-Mail: [email protected]
>
> SHARON VEITH, RN, BSN
> University of Virginia Health System
> P.O. Box 800386
> Charlottesville, VA 22908
> Phone: 434-924-5420
> Fax: 434-924-2816
> E-Mail: [email protected]
>
> GARY SWINK, CEO
> Stonewall Jackson Hospital
> 1 Health Circle
> Lexington, VA 24450-2448
> Phone: 540-458-3501
> Fax: 540-458-3504
> E-Mail: [email protected]
>
> WHAT TO SAY
> Please say the following in your e-mails or phone calls:
>
> 1. Highly regarded institutions around the world use manikins to teach
> intubation skills.
>
> 2. Manikins cost only a few hundred dollars and last for many years.
>
> 3. Manikins allow students to practice intubation an unlimited number of
> times.
>
> 4. Live animals can suffer tracheolaryngeal bruising, bleeding, scarring,
> severe pain, and a chronic cough even when properly anesthetized.
>
> 5. Live animals are often repeatedly intubated in a single session by more
> than one student, increasing the chances of injury.
>
> 6. Improperly anesthetized animals can and often do suffer at the hands of
> inexperienced students during intubation training. In some cases, animals
die
> from being improperly intubated.
>
> 7. An Annals of Emergency Medicine study detailed the high endotracheal
intubation (ETI) success rate (86%) achieved by paramedics exclusively
trained on
manikins. The authors concluded, "Our study supports the concept of using
only
> manikins and didactic sessions for teaching the skills of ETI to
paramedics."
>
> 8. Medical training should not desensitize students to suffering but
should
> instead emphasize respect for all life.
>
>
> Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the animals.
>
> Citizens for Humane Medicine
> Charlottesville, Virginia
> E-Mail: [email protected]
From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: URGENT: Cats to Die on April 13 in UVA Medical Training Exercises
Dear Supporters of Citizens for Humane Medicine,
We hope you will help stop the April 13 killing of cats in intubation
exercises taught by the University of Virginia at Stonewall Jackson
Hospital in
Lexington, Virginia. The use of cats in this manner is cruel, expensive,
and
wasteful. Simulators designed specifically to teach intubation skills are
readily available and reasonably priced.
This action alert gives you the following details:
1. Cats Killed in Intubation Exercises by the University of Virginia
2. Who to Contact
3. What to Say
Feel free to forward this action alert to anyone who might be interested
in
ending these training exercises on cats.
CATS KILLED IN INTUBATION EXERCISES BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
UVA uses cats in endotracheal intubation training exercises in its
Perinatal
Continuing Education Program (PCEP) offered to physicians, nurses, midwives, respiratory therapists, and medical residents. The cats are
killed after
these training exercises. On April 13, UVA will take its PCEP class to Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, Virginia.
Given UVA's 02/26/04 announcement to discontinue its dog labs and to use
simulators to educate its medical students whenever possible, Citizens for
Humane
Medicine feels that UVA should use simulators to teach its postgraduate medical courses as well, including the PCEP.
WHO TO CONTACT
Contact the following people before April 13 and ask them to use humane,
cost-effective, anatomically accurate manikins instead of cats in UVA's
PCEP
training exercises.
> JOHN KATTWINKEL, MD
> University of Virginia Health System
> P.O. Box 800386
> Charlottesville, VA 22908
> Phone: 434-924-5428
> Fax: 434-924-2816
> E-Mail: [email protected]
>
> SHARON VEITH, RN, BSN
> University of Virginia Health System
> P.O. Box 800386
> Charlottesville, VA 22908
> Phone: 434-924-5420
> Fax: 434-924-2816
> E-Mail: [email protected]
>
> GARY SWINK, CEO
> Stonewall Jackson Hospital
> 1 Health Circle
> Lexington, VA 24450-2448
> Phone: 540-458-3501
> Fax: 540-458-3504
> E-Mail: [email protected]
>
> WHAT TO SAY
> Please say the following in your e-mails or phone calls:
>
> 1. Highly regarded institutions around the world use manikins to teach
> intubation skills.
>
> 2. Manikins cost only a few hundred dollars and last for many years.
>
> 3. Manikins allow students to practice intubation an unlimited number of
> times.
>
> 4. Live animals can suffer tracheolaryngeal bruising, bleeding, scarring,
> severe pain, and a chronic cough even when properly anesthetized.
>
> 5. Live animals are often repeatedly intubated in a single session by more
> than one student, increasing the chances of injury.
>
> 6. Improperly anesthetized animals can and often do suffer at the hands of
> inexperienced students during intubation training. In some cases, animals
die
> from being improperly intubated.
>
> 7. An Annals of Emergency Medicine study detailed the high endotracheal
intubation (ETI) success rate (86%) achieved by paramedics exclusively
trained on
manikins. The authors concluded, "Our study supports the concept of using
only
> manikins and didactic sessions for teaching the skills of ETI to
paramedics."
>
> 8. Medical training should not desensitize students to suffering but
should
> instead emphasize respect for all life.
>
>
> Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the animals.
>
> Citizens for Humane Medicine
> Charlottesville, Virginia
> E-Mail: [email protected]
