Medical/Nursing Triage: If two or more emergency patients come in at the same time the Veterinary Technicians where there to triage who needs to be seen the quickest or if there was something they could do to help stabilize the patient before the DVM could step in. Most of this included providing oxygen, assisting in radiology, setting up diagnostic tests, prepping for surgery,…
Oswego Animal Emergency Medical Hospital attends for injured or ill animals with emergency or nonemergency. Langer Christoff a veterinarian technician assists licensed Veterinarians during surgical procedures. Veterinarian technicians’ are responsible for assisting the doctor in surgery, preparing exam rooms, providing after care, trimming nails, removing stitches, grooming and providing clients with pertinent wellness information. Oswego Animal Emergency Medical Hospital provides routine wellness check-ups and surgery for wounded or ill patients. Severely injured patients occasionally require emergency surgery immediately following the tornado disaster in Moore, Oklahoma Veterinarians and veterinarian technicians saved the lives of many critically injured animals. Proper sterilization of all medical utensils and equipment is important to avoid the risk of infections. Veterinarian technicians are required completion of specific training required by federal and state laws. Vet technicians ask probing questions from the clients to determine the root cause of the issue the patient is experiencing. Oswego Animal Emergency Medical Hospital has an electronic data processor in place to enter all medical documentation pertaining to the patient’s medical history. Medical evaluations and records include information such as temperature, weight, height, administered vaccinations, and medications during frequent office visits. Vet techs attend seminars and conferences to enhance knowledge to provide owners with to maintain proper wellness care to keep animals healthy. Oswego Animal Emergency Medical Hospital promotes wellness to all pet owners and offer brochures and consultations for medical conditions. Proper oral hygiene on teeth reduces the risk of future dental problems such as abscess and tooth loss. Reducing exposure to fleas and ticks with proper grooming treatments…
It is common for every household to own and care for animals. The love you have for your pet is the same love as a best friend. At some point veterinarians provide these animals with some kind of medical treatment. Most veterinarians now operate with some type of veterinary management software. In order to provide excellent service and interact more efficiently with clients, the veterinary office needs to run more smoothly. For that reason , there are many different types of software. This project will examine three different types of veterinary management software AVImark, IntraVet, and VetBlue.…
You have come here for help on crate training for your puppy. You are especially interested in crate training for your puppy because you do not want a crying, barking puppy to disturb your sleeping family. You can stop reading right now and hope that somehow your puppy will teach itself how to behave while crated day or night. If you realize this is not likely to happen and would like four very good tips on crate training puppies, then keep reading.…
First, a career in veterinary technologist and technician would bring me great personal satisfaction. I enjoy working, helping out, and simply being around animals. For example, Julie Legred, a veterinary technician and executive director at the National Association of veterinary technicians in America, says, “We do everything except diagnose, prescribe and do surgery. They often work in private clinics and animal hospitals, assisting veterinarians with the care of animals” ("Veterinary Technologist and Technician"). Without veterinary technologists and technicians,…
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 91% of vet techs work in the veterinary services industry at: Private clinics, laboratories, animal hospitals, boarding kennels, animal shelters, rescue leagues, and zoos. Vet techs are also found in non-traditional settings such as livestock facilities, wildlife control services, research laboratories, and in the military. The schedules of vet techs vary across settings. Those in 24-hour facilities often work evenings, weekends and holidays. In private clinics, techs are more likely to have regular business hours, though they will need to come in some evenings and weekends to feed and care for patients.…
Brushing a cat’s teeth are equally as important as brushing your own. Brushing your own cat’s teeth may bee too much work though, but don’t worry, a vet tech will do it for you. This is just one of many responsibilities of a veterinary technician. A vet tech may also prep animals for surgery, communicate with pet owners, assist a vet in surgery, and much more. This job was selected for me because of my love for animals. I also love to learn new technical skills, work with equipment, provide information, cope with unpleasant situations, and staying organized. I am not interested in being a veterinary technician because of its ever changing work schedule, insane hours, and very low pay.…
While many clinics have a receptionist, but a vet tech may still have to talk on the phone with a client. At Ankeny Animal and Avian Clinic, they have a specific rule of three. If the receptionists are busy and the phone rings at least three times anyone nearby that is not busy is required to answer the phone. Mentioned in an interview at Heart of Ankeny Animal Hospital it is a daily occurrence that a vet tech will need to answer the phone, as many times the receptionist is busy taking a different phone call, talking with a customer or doing another task. If this happens a tech is expected to answer the phone and help the customer. A special task for a vet tech that was mentioned at Ankeny Veterinary Clinic is a vet tech is to call pet owners with results from tests. Part of a vet techs job is to run tests on any samples taken from the pets. These tests can often be done at the clinic under a microscope within a few hours to a few days. The tests that are sent out would be returned to the techs to view and draw final conclusions. Because the techs are the ones that have access and know the results first, they contact the owners with the information they found. This means for any clinic a tech will need to know how to use basic phone skills to complete any task that will arise with other business and with…
Work as a member of the team, making sure the environment is safe for us all, and everyone else around. Meet the needs of the individual, assisting with personal care when required, assisting with medication, keeping training up to date, regular supervisions, ask for additional support when needed, treat all the service users with dignity and respect, and promote personal cantered approches, adhere to polices and procedures, meeting the needs of the service users, cooking, cleaning.…
There are many different forms of veterinary practices, though 70% limit their practice to small or household pets, some veterinarians specialize in farm animals. A veterinarian in general practice and treats all animals. There are many fields that a veterinarian practitioner does which include: research- experimentation with drugs, therapies, procedures, development of medications, vaccines, and studying the effect of animal nutrition on health.…
What is a vet tech? A vet tech is a nurse but for animals. They help animals and even save lives with the help of the veterinarian. This job you greet the owner/pet and then take the animal back to the room. You weigh them, take temperature and maybe even give them shots. You prepare them for the doctor and give them all the information you received from your evaluation. This job takes lot of dedication and lots of heart. You have to be strong because you might have to see some really sad things that you probably don't wanna see. If your pet is at the hospital for surgery, The veterinary technician might perform a physical exam on your pet for the the procedure also will run the appropriate lab work, and will make sure that all equipment is ready for the veterinarian's use. After the surgery is over it's the vet techs responsibility to administering medication at the veterinarian's direction to manage any pain. Veterinary technicians are trained to respond to all of your pet's needs that…
I have quite a bit of experience working with all types of animals. I have grown up with a variety of pets such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and the list could go on. I also have experience job shadowing at the Byron Pet Clinic, which is something I really enjoy and am very proud of. When job shadowing I figure i would just walk around and take notes but they let me be hands on. I got to draw blood from dogs, if the owners agreed, than…
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is affecting many combat veterans returning from the current wars or those that have returned from the past wars. PTSD can affect the veteran for the rest of his or her life if not found and treated early. Some may self-medicate to help numb the pain from memories. Research has and still is being conducted to find alternative ways that do not use prescriptions. Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) uses many different types of animals (e.g. cats, dogs, or horses) for therapy. Through research it has been discovered that having an animal helps relieve PTSD triggers in many veterans. Service…
As a freshman in college veterinarian school seems like a daunting and almost impossible task. Many upperclassmen I’ve talked to have told me that to get into veterinary school you must have a 4.0. With all this being said I’ve also met colleagues who had a 4.0 and yet their application was rejected. After searching for the million dollar question of “ What I can do to increase my chances of getting accepted into a veterinarian college” I stumbled across the website avma.org. Avma stands for American Veterinary Medical Association, its mission is to be an advocate for it’s 88,000 veterinarians members and to unite and improve the veterinary profession as a whole. This website was the golden answer to all of my questions, in the article “ Veterinary School Admission 101” it contains a list of steps, tips, and insider tricks that are aimed at giving you the best chance possible of being accepted into Veterinarian School. As a small animal science major and one of the thousands of undergraduates applying to veterinarian school, I want my…
The most important thing, about building a backyard kennel, is what size, what strength and what features are needed for your dog. What is a backyard dog kennel? A backyard dog kennel is a small, fenced - in area used to contain your dog. It is an area used to keep your dog safe and contained while outdoors. It is not recommended that your dog stay in the kennel permanently. In fact, dog psychologists recommend that you allow your dog time inside as well.…