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Donning and Doffing Radiology PPE
Views: 563 - Comments: 0Time, distance, and shielding are all important factors when considering radiology safety. Watch this quick safety refresher with Assistant Manager Megan Urton, and Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, about...
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Drawing Up Injectable Medications
Views: 611 - Comments: 1Learn from Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, how to safely draw medication from a vial. It's important to remember that recapping of needles should be avoided whenever possible.
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What We Bring Ep. 5: Finding Connection Through Humor with Vet Stickers Founder Emily VanEron
Views: 256 - Comments: 0In the face of the increased challenges in clinic life during the pandemic, technician Emily VanEron has found an unlikely way to find and spread joy in the vetmed community: stickers. Tune in to hear how she started her small bus...
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What We Bring Ep. 4: Chris Costa, CVT's Mental Health Journey In & Outside of Work
Views: 173 - Comments: 0Learning to navigate and address a mental health diagnosis is challenging in and of itself, but how do we do so while also progressing in our professional lives? Chris Costa, a technician at DoveLewis discusses how he has learned...
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What We Bring Ep. 3: Dr. Caroline Tonozzi, Volunteer Veterinarian for the Iditarod
Views: 99 - Comments: 0In this episode, Dr. Caroline Tonozzi discusses returning to her alma mater as a professor and her experience as a volunteer veterinarian for the Iditarod in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Restraint Techniques for Brachycephalic Cats
Views: 1,640 - Comments: 0Brachycephalic cats are known for being social media stars, but did you know that they are significantly more likely to suffer from respiratory stress? Learn from Patient Care and Educational Specialist Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS (ECC...
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Canine Endotracheal Wash Setup
Views: 786 - Comments: 0An endotracheal wash can yield good samples for cytology and sterile samples for culture. In this video with Criticalist Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, watch a demonstration of an endotracheal wash.
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What We Bring Ep. 2: Flexibility and Finding an Unexpected Path in VetMed with Kaitlyn
Views: 411 - Comments: 0Sometimes our career takes us in surprising directions. In this episode, atdove.org Account Executive Kaitlyn Sanborn discusses how she forged a somewhat unexpected path in vet med. She explains how she went from working at a shel...
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Minimize Medical Errors with the 5 R's
Views: 1,290 - Comments: 0Learn from DoveLewis Technician Connie Christensen, CVT, about how we use the 5 R's in the ICU as a way to minimize patient errors.
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How to Use a HotDog Warmer
Views: 856 - Comments: 0The HotDog Patient Warmer is a safe and effective way to ensure your patients are able to maintain a healthy body temperature during surgery, or in their kennel. Learn the safety considerations and how to use the HotDog Patient Wa...
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Improving Client Compliance: Safely Handling and Storing Insulin
Views: 458 - Comments: 0Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC), discusses how to safely handle and store your pet's insulin at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Administering Oral Medications to Your Cat at Home
Views: 759 - Comments: 1Giving medications to cats can be a challenge. Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to administer oral medications to help cat owners feel confident in giving them their medications at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Administering Oral Medications to Your Dog at Home
Views: 581 - Comments: 0DoveLewis Technician Kara Erdman, CVT, provides helpful tips on how to administer oral medications to ensure dog owners feel confident in giving their pet's medications at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Administering Insulin to Your Dog at Home
Views: 463 - Comments: 0Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, demonstrates how to administer insulin using a syringe and needle to help dog owners feel confident while giving insulin to their diabetic dogs.
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Improving Client Compliance: Administering SQ Fluids to Your Dog at Home
Views: 648 - Comments: 2Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, demonstrates how to administer subcutaneous fluids to your dog while at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Administering SQ Fluids to Your Cat at Home
Views: 482 - Comments: 0Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to administer subcutaneous (SQ) fluids to a cat while at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Administering Insulin to Your Cat at Home
Views: 566 - Comments: 1Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to administer insulin using a syringe and needle to help owners feel confident while giving insulin at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Monitoring Your Pets Respiratory Rate at Home
Views: 554 - Comments: 1Learn from Cardiology Technician Nikki King, on how to monitor your pet's respiratory rate at home.
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Improving Client Compliance: Applying Hot and Cold Compresses
Views: 459 - Comments: 1Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates the correct way to apply a hot or cold compress, and a simple recipe to make your own.
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What We Bring: Imposter Syndrome & Client Compassion with Kara
Views: 776 - Comments: 0Welcome to What We Bring! In our first episode emergency CVT Kara discusses imposter syndrome, how stress affects our patience at work, finding compassion for clients, and more. Tune in to hear the conversation and an introduction...
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Train Like the Pro's: Implementation of the Technician Training Kits
Views: 902 - Comments: 1It’s amazing the amount of knowledge your technicians bring to work every day. Track individual progress and ensure consistency throughout your entire team with the new Technician Training Kits. Learn from DoveLewis Technicians Sa...
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To Err is Human: Bringing Humanity into Medical Error Prevention
Views: 1,288 - Comments: 0This lecture presented by Shana O'Marra, DVM, DACVECC, will explore how to confront medical errors in your practice in a way that leads to growth and productive change. The model of “just culture” will be explained as well as comm...
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Self-Care Part One: Redefining Your Own Self-Care
Views: 1,157 - Comments: 0Self-care can look a little bit different for everyone. Learn from Well-being Program Director Debrah Lee, about how to reflect on the authentic self-care moments that serve you. Self-care can be so fiddly. I was intr...
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Triaging Toxicity Cases
Views: 2,032 - Comments: 0Here at DoveLewis, we see a lot of toxin ingestion and GI upset in our patients, especially around the holidays. In fact in 2020, vomiting, diarrhea, and ingesting inappropriate items were the top two medical reasons patients came...
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Inviting Everyone to the Party: Recognizing the Systemic Consequences of Anaphylaxis
Views: 1,531 - Comments: 0Anaphylaxis can happen anywhere without warning. Multi-organ involvement is one of the key differences between anaphylaxis and an allergic reaction. In this lecture presented by Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC), review how...
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Following RECOVER Guidelines for CPCR
Views: 2,954 - Comments: 0Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, walks viewers through the basics of RECOVER CPR, and covers instruction for all team members working together. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for 1 DVM or Technician CE credit. D...
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When Everything Is an Exclamation Point: How to Communicate Effectively in Times of High Emotional Stress
Views: 2,720 - Comments: 12020 has been full of uncertainly with both political unrest and COVID. In this lecture, Monica Maxwell, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, will discuss communication in the time of highly emotional stress. When clients and staff are at their breaki...
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How to Get What You Need
Views: 1,109 - Comments: 0This lecture presented by Human Resources Manager Cheryl Latta, will discuss how to communicate in ways which result in your needs being met, as well as how to acknowledge when others need something of you. Cheryl will review how...
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Just Take a Chill Pill: Pre-Admit Oral Sedation
Views: 1,018 - Comments: 0Reducing stress and anxiety in the veterinary setting for both canine and feline patients have become a hot topic in veterinary medicine. This lecture presented by Morgan McCann, CVT, VTS (anesthesia) we will discuss various oral...
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Cultivating Resilience
Views: 1,028 - Comments: 0Resilience helps us to work through challenges and empowers personal growth. Cultivating resilience through intentional effort is essential given the inherent stressors and challenges within veterinary medicine. This lecture prese...
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Preventive Medicine and Client Care in the Age of COVID
Views: 1,151 - Comments: 0What can staff do to help reassure clients about what is happening inside the clinic during a pandemic? In this lecture presented by Technician Becky Smith, CVT, VTS (Clinical Practice Canine/Feline) we will discuss how we can int...
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Blocked: Urethral Obstructions in the Male Cat
Views: 1,534 - Comments: 0What steps does the ER Tech need to take in a urethral obstruction emergency? This lecture presented by DoveLewis Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, will discuss a general overview of recognition and treatm...
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Canine Bandage Change
Views: 2,507 - Comments: 3Surgeon Andrea Sundholm, DVM, DACVS-SA reviews how to remove and replace a bandage on a dog after surgery.
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Abdominocentesis Setup
Views: 1,360 - Comments: 1Technician Training Specialist Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, reviews the steps and tools needed to assist in an abdominocentesis procedure.
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Safe Scalpel Blade Removal
Views: 1,745 - Comments: 1Coby Richter, DVM, DACVS, reviews how to safely remove a scalpel blade.
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Retention and Engagement in the Face of a Pandemic
Views: 1,039 - Comments: 1Nobody said this job would be easy. There isn’t a veterinary technician in the world that started their career thinking that this job would be easy on their backs or even easy on their hearts. However, in the face of t...
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Emptying A Closed Collection Urinary System
Views: 1,370 - Comments: 1Closed collection urinary systems are frequently used at DoveLewis to collect urine from our patients in the ICU. Learn from Technician Jessica Waters-Miller, CVT, about how to empty and record important urine information.
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Obtaining a Fecal Sample
Views: 1,575 - Comments: 1Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS (ECC) demonstrates how to obtain a fecal sample from a dog using a fecal loop.
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Safety Considerations for Using Warmies
Views: 1,261 - Comments: 1Warmies, or warmed water bottles, are occasionally used in veterinary medicine as a method to warm our patients. But before using them, it’s important to know the risks and safety precautions. Learn important usage recommendations...
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To Err is Human
Views: 2,815 - Comments: 2Humans are fallible. Humans make mistakes. And humans are at the core of veterinary medicine. That means that if we engage in the practice of caring for animals, errors will occur. That error might be getting client information wr...
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CPR Demonstration Part 2: Defibrillator Review
Views: 1,520 - Comments: 0In this CPR demonstration, DoveLewis Criticalist Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, will review how to use a defibrillator to help resuscitate a patient.
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CPR Demonstration Part 1: Chest Compressions and Ventilation
Views: 3,072 - Comments: 0In this CPR demonstration, learn from DoveLewis Criticalist Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, about the different techniques for chest compressions and ventilation.
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Managing Hypothermia in Critical Patients
Views: 1,945 - Comments: 5Patients that stay with us in the DoveLewis ICU need thoughtful treatment plans that cover anything from temperature monitoring to blood transfusions. Learn from Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC) about the three forms of warm...
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Troubleshooting Urinary Catheters
Views: 1,905 - Comments: 0When cats present at DoveLewis for urinary obstructions, these critical patients need nursing care from the moment they arrive. Learn from DoveLewis Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC) about how to prevent urinary catheter issu...
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Processing a Feline Blood Donation
Views: 823 - Comments: 0Cats suffering from certain diseases may need blood products like plasma or whole red blood. Learn from Blood Bank Coordinator Kelsey Reinauer, CVT, about processing a feline blood donation into separate products for use in feline...
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Processing a Canine Blood Donation
Views: 805 - Comments: 0On a regular basis, DoveLewis sends lifesaving blood products all over the country to cats and dogs in need. Learn from Blood Bank Coordinator Kelsey Reinauer, CVT, about processing a canine blood donation for use and storage.
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Implementing Balint Groups
Views: 937 - Comments: 0As veterinary professionals, you take on an emotional burden of distressing situations of your animal patients and clients every day. Balint groups provide a safe environment to discuss with fellow veterinary professionals the str...
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Triaging GI Cases
Views: 2,186 - Comments: 2When a patient comes in with GI upset, the root cause of the issue can be difficult to determine. DoveLewis Technician Sarah Harris, CVT, VTS(ECC) reviews a few common questions she likes to ask owners in order to get the most hel...
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Taking the Leap
Views: 713 - Comments: 0Learn from Cardiology Assistant Nikki King, about her path to becoming a critical member in the DoveLewis cardiology department here at DoveLewis. In this field it’s not uncommon to feel the toll of burn out. I w...
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Client Support during COVID-19
Views: 1,369 - Comments: 0The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way many of us do our jobs. While we are settling into new routines, Client Liaison Erin Neilon, reviews a few key communications tips for your clients and your team....
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