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Tips for Handling Small Dogs
Views: 38,176 - Comments: 21Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of the veterinary staff as when facing a snarling Chihuahua in the lobby. I know many of us would rather work with a large guard breed than a tiny ferocious one. However, these small dogs are ver...
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Basic Avian Restraint
Views: 15,881 - Comments: 3Nathan Bodnar, DVM, demonstrates how to properly retrain a sick or injured bird for a basic physical exam. He highlights maintaining control of the head and feet.
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New Site Features for Efficient Team Training
Views: 2,866 - Comments: 0Did you know that On the Floor @Dove is constantly evolving to meet your veterinary training needs? In response to feedback and requests we received from our users, we've expanded our premium account features to include:...
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Top 10 Ways to Get Hired in Veterinary Medicine
Views: 7,109 - Comments: 31. Be better than the other candidates. Write a cover letter and make it specific to the practice you want to work at. Do your homework and talk about why you want to work there. 2. Tailor your resume to the job pos...
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I LOVE Respiratory Emergencies
Views: 6,357 - Comments: 3I love cats choking on huge hairballs, I love cyanotic laryngeal paralysis dogs, and nothing makes me happier than a GIANT sucking chest wound. I might actually knock you over to participate in thoracocentesis. I long for the d...
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Applying Ocular Medication - Feline
Views: 19,239 - Comments: 3Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), explains and demonstrates how to administer ocular medication to a cat. This particular patient has an ulcer in his left eye, which is being treated with antibiotic drops every four hours.
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Checking Pulses in Dogs
Views: 17,235 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates the most common locations for palpating pulses in dogs.
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Canine and Feline CPR for Veterinary Staff
Views: 40,886 - Comments: 19Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), presents the DoveLewis yearly canine/feline CPR staff training, starting with updated information from the RECOVER initiative and then practicing CPR with various staff members.The most important asp...
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Checking Pulses in Cats
Views: 19,886 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates the most common locations to palpate pulses on a cat.
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Max and My Grief
Views: 4,148 - Comments: 8If you’ve seen our Fractious Cat video, then you’ve met my oldest cat Max, who really has been fired from four vet offices in his fifteen years of life. This week Max was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Wh...
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Dealing with Personal Grief as a Veterinary Professional
Views: 6,017 - Comments: 16Working where I work and doing what I do, I have a lot of experience with death. I’ve seen it go well. I’ve seen it go horribly awfully bad. I’ve seen people make decisions I agree with, and others I would nev...
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The Value in Veterinary Sympathy Cards
Views: 15,953 - Comments: 5Often during pet loss support groups, clients mention how deeply they appreciated receiving a condolence card from their veterinary clinic after the loss of their pet. This thoughtful act validates that you care about the speci...
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Constant Communication for Our Clients
Views: 6,324 - Comments: 4At DoveLewis we live and work in a 24-hour world where clients arrive at all hours, and they’re in a variety of mental and emotional states. This helps keep us on our toes but always dealing with the unknown of what could...
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Diarrhea and the Veterinary Technician
Views: 7,440 - Comments: 4I think they plan it this way. I think the pets have a city-wide meeting and plot and plan to all eat the same desiccated cat poop, chew on the same squirrel carcass, roll in the same dead seagull on the coast, and then show up at...
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Urinary Catheter Discussion
Views: 18,601 - Comments: 5Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), explains the differences in common urinary catheter varieties, and how they serve specific patient needs.
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Basic Canine Restraint
Views: 49,078 - Comments: 12Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), and Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS(ECC, Anes.), CVPP, demonstrate basic techniques for restraining dogs for common procedures.
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Sharpening Dental Instruments
Views: 12,765 - Comments: 3Lisa Davis, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), explains the whys and hows of sharpening dental instruments.
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Basic Dental Instruments
Views: 17,615 - Comments: 0Lisa Davis, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), of North Portland Veterinary Hospital presents the standard basic dental instruments used for veterinary dental procedures.
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Veterinary Life in Alaska - 72 Hours
Views: 2,071 - Comments: 1Day 3 of the Great Alaska Experience. I’m able to recognize people and call them by the right name. I’m doing very well. Today one of the doctors at Far Country asked me what I expect from my doctors. I’ve had a lot of question...
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Veterinary Life in Alaska - 48 Hours
Views: 1,926 - Comments: 0Captain’s Log: Stardate 29 January 2013 [It’s time to admit that I’ve never seen an entire episode of the original Star Trek. I don’t know what “stardate” means.] Day 2 of the great Alas...
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Veterinary Life in Alaska - 24 Hours
Views: 2,687 - Comments: 2This trip to Alaska is not just about me teaching. It’s about me learning. And after 24 hours in this state I have learned a couple things. The cold really isn’t that bad. 17 below is cold, don’t get me wrong. But it’s man...
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I'm a Believer... in Alternative Veterinary Medicine
Views: 3,603 - Comments: 3I have taken my pets to a Woo Woo doctor. There. I said it. I realize that in this day and age people are much more open to Eastern ways (acupuncture, herbs, etc) but those of us trained in Western medicine can be “challenge...
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Isolation Protocol
Views: 18,276 - Comments: 4Isolation protocol can get confusing, so Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), walks through the DoveLewis isolation protocol for dealing with patients with communicable diseases.
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Subcutaneous Fluids
Views: 21,274 - Comments: 8Joanie Abrams, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to set up for and administer subcutaneous fluids to a cat. This video is great for showing clients how to do this for their pets.
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Checklists: A Tool to Improve Function
Views: 16,416 - Comments: 7Many of the tasks we perform daily in veterinary medicine are systematic--we perform physical exams in the same sequence every time, we chart notes in a SOAP format, we generate diagnostic and therapeutic plans based on differenti...
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Basic Enema
Views: 22,988 - Comments: 11Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to administer a warm water/lubricant enema to one lucky little dog.
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Holiday Bonuses
Views: 2,963 - Comments: 4I’ve been in the professional world for a number of years now, and have been the lucky recipient of a few different bonuses. They have been in the form of gift cards, contributions to retirement, a nice dinner out, cash,...
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Blood Smear Preparation
Views: 23,767 - Comments: 5Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to make a blood smear.
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French and Gauge Sizes
Views: 9,694 - Comments: 4Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), talks about diameters of tubes and needles in terms of gauge and french sizes.
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Site Update: Quiz Feature
Views: 1,082 - Comments: 2Due to popular demand, we have added a super-useful new feature:When a member watches any video, they can now take a short quiz at the end! Once they pass the quiz they have the option to forward their proof of completion to their...
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Applying Topical Spray
Views: 8,986 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to apply topical spray to a dog.
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Improving the Patient Experience
Views: 10,775 - Comments: 0As clinical staff, veterinary technicians are often challenged to fill a diverse range of roles in providing care to their patients. We receive extensive training and continuing education to hone our medical skills and may even da...
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Butterfly Catheter Blood Draw
Views: 19,326 - Comments: 6Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to obtain a blood sample from the lateral saphenous vein of a small dog using a butterfly catheter.
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SNAP Test
Views: 17,245 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), shows how to perform a basic SNAP test. Refer to manufacturer’s specific test instructions for your kit, as each test varies slightly.
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Preparing IV Fluids
Views: 26,403 - Comments: 4Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to prepare IV fluids for administration. Perfect for owners learning to administer SQ fluids or brand new hospital employees.
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Hanging Leg Surgery Patient Prep
Views: 19,907 - Comments: 4Ashley Magee, DVM, DACVS, describes how to prepare a patient for limb surgery using a hanging leg preparation technique.
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Abdominal Surgery Patient Prep
Views: 27,815 - Comments: 18Surgery assistant at DoveLewis, Sue Marcoe, demonstrates how to clip and prepare a patient for abdominal surgery.
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The Other Side of the Exam Table
Views: 3,985 - Comments: 3Over the last month I’ve been entirely consumed by my year-old cat’s rapid progression down the FLUTD path of horrors. After four deobstructions and five hospitalizations, I agreed to have Dr. Magee (one of our surgeons) perform a...
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Doppler Blood Pressure
Views: 26,164 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), explains how to obtain a Doppler blood pressure on a dog.
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Fluid Pump Basics
Views: 18,503 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), shows the basics of using a fluid pump.
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Diagnostic Ultrasonography
Views: 9,338 - Comments: 0Jen Langevin, CVT, and Alan Lipman, DVM, DACVR, explain and demonstrate the basic abdominal ultrasound process, specifically the technician’s role and the specific organs examined by the radiologist.
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Grape Toxicity
Views: 8,313 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses a case of grape toxicity and the process of dealing with grape ingestion in general.
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Take That Syringe Out of Your Mouth!
Views: 8,638 - Comments: 15Some habits are tough to quit. Chewing your fingernails, picking the olives off your pizza, incessant channel surfing - they can be challenging to stop. As safety manager for our hospital, I can now recognize how tough it is to...
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Patient Cooling
Views: 10,030 - Comments: 6Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses how to cool a patient with a very high body temperature. Instead of ice packs (which will cause vasoconstriction and trap hot blood in the patient’s core), cool water and a fan are used....
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Urinalysis Preparation
Views: 28,624 - Comments: 10Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), shows you how to prepare for the three parts of a complete urinalysis: perform a dipstick test, specific gravity, and sediment exam.
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Basic Ear Cleaning
Views: 24,657 - Comments: 5Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), explains and demonstrates how to perform a basic ear cleaning on a dog.
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Handling Aggressive Dogs
Views: 41,274 - Comments: 20Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), talks through restraining an unpredictable dog with a past history of aggression for an IV injection.
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Body Temperature - Canine
Views: 17,858 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to measure body temperature rectally on a dog.
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Respiratory Rate and Effort - Canine
Views: 22,135 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to examine a dog’s respiratory rate and effort, while paying close attention to the specific patient’s mentation, illness, and breed.
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Monitoring Mentation - Canine
Views: 21,305 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), what mentation means, with emphasis on classifying patients as QAR (Quiet/Alert/Responsive), BAR (Bright/Alert/Responsive), and Dull/Depressed.
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