Veterinary Technician - Acutevet Animal Urgent Care - Overland Park, KS
(2024-11)
Triaging, treating, discharging incoming urgent or critical patients.
- performing cpr
- IV catheter placement (cephalic, lateral saphenous, jugular)
- Venipuncture (jugular, cephalic, lateral or medial saphenous)
- Anesthesia (small procedure and invasive surgery) - drug calculation, induction, monitoring, recovery
- Sterile prep pre-op
- Sterile scrubbing, gloving, gowning, and scrubbing into abdominal surgeries
- ICU patient care - rounding patients, hourly treatments (TPRs, IV fluid additive calculation and maintenance , Doppler blood pressure, urinary catheter and NG tube maintenance, etc)
- Controlled drug calculating and logging
- Minor to major wound care
- Bandaging and splinting various wounds or fractures
- Proper radiology protocol and body imaging
- Ultrasound guided cystosentesis
- Regular use of Idexx equipment for in-house laboratory
- Ear cytology
- Blood smear and manual platelet count
- Local nerve blocks
- Administer injections via all major routes
- Regular appropriate handling of fractious animals comfortably
Veterinary Technician - Cardiology - Desert Veterinary Medical Specialists - Scottsdale, AZ
(2022-05)
- Taking thorough patient histories and explaining the details of each appointment or procedure in accurate verbiage that is understandable to the client
- Proper and safe restraint for each echocardiogram or any other treatment
- Proficient venipuncture & IVC placement
- Perform or assist thoracentesis & abdominocentesis
- Proficient understanding of sterility
- Assist in catheter guided cardiac procedures: balloon valvuloplasty, pacemaker placement, PDA closure
- Calculate drug protocol, perform anesthetic induction, safe monitoring, recovery & extubation
- Data entry - typing the reports/measurements for appointments and procedures
- Medical math - ensuring every patient goes home with properly dosed prescriptions and receive correct doses of in treatment injections
- Broad pharmacology knowledge of medications used in vet med and their dose ranges
- Frequent contact with owners via phone/televet - able show compassion in times of stress, assess owner reported concern and triage accordingly if needed, navigate Cornerstone
Advanced Patient Care Technician - Surgery Dept - BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital - Overland Park, KS
(2018-06 - 2021-05)
Veterinary technician primarily working the surgery department, also with shared time in the ICU and ER
- Triage emergencies
- IV catheter placement
- Venipuncture
- Medical math/creating protocols according to patient and surgery
- Calculate and administer oral & injectable medications
- Anesthetic induction, monitoring and recovery
- Intubation/extubation
- Radiographs, emphasis on orthopedic
- Scrubbed in/assisted in advanced surgical procedures
- Well versed in sterile technique
- Male urinary catheter placement
- Pre Op Epidurals on sedated patients
- Ultrasound guided cystocentesis
- Running of Idexx laboratory equipment
- Communicating with owners pre-op and post op Discussing discharge instructions
- Answering client phone calls
- Filling and dispensing prescription medications
- Proficient use of Cornerstone
Receptionist and Veterinary Technician - FMA Animal Hospital - Westwood, KS
(2014-09 - 2017-09)
- Checking clients in and out, collecting payment
- Handling multiple phone lines in a very busy and sometimes hectic hospital
- Gathering history from clients to begin their appointment with the doctor
- Assisting Doctors in appointments
- Prep for surgeries and monitoring
- Caring for hospitalized patients
