Many emergency patients managed according to established principles of acute trauma, or emergency patient management will respond extremely well, and will look brighter, will be breathing better, will have stronger pulses, and improved mentation, organ perfusion and so on. However, not all patients will look better. In fact, some patients will look worse – and yet others will initially improve, but will clinically deteriorate over a period of time. Why does this happen? What should YOU do? Join renowned veterinary emergency clinician Dr Philip Judge for this exciting lecture, as he discusses the unstable emergency patient, and what to do when such a patient is encountered in your practice!