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Monitoring Mentation - Canine
Views: 16,308 - 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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Weekend With CRRT
Views: 2,239 - Comments: 2I love a challenge. Really, truly, seriously. I thrive when placed in situations where the stakes are high and the cost of failure, daunting. Often, I find myself approaching a challenge too far inside my own head, not recogniz...
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Monitoring Mucous Membranes - Canine
Views: 14,232 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), shows how to evaluate Mucous Membranes and CRT (Capillary Refill Time) in a dog.
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Heart Rate and Rhythm - Canine
Views: 17,322 - Comments: 6Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to measure heart rate, rhythm, and pulse quality on a dog.
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Cynical Training Stories
Views: 2,871 - Comments: 2Why is it that when you need to train a new employee, the flow of the hospital is NEVER ideal? As soon as I welcome a potential technician for a working interview or get that new tech on the floor for their first shift, NOTHING HA...
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Canine Cephalic Vein Blood Collection
Views: 21,184 - Comments: 2Joanie Abrams, CVT, VTS (ECC), shows how to draw blood from a dog’s cephalic vein.
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Blood Collection Tubes
Views: 19,946 - Comments: 5Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses various blood collection tubes and what each is used for.
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Canine Jugular Venipuncture
Views: 23,503 - Comments: 11Jill Greene, CVT, demonstrates how to draw blood from a dog’s jugular vein. She explains why the circumstances are appropriate for drawing from the jugular instead of a peripheral vein.
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At Dawn They Sleep: Guide to Surviving Overnights
Views: 7,597 - Comments: 17As I stated in my previous blog, overnights are hard. Health problems and cancer are very prevalent among overnight workers, sadly, and it's been suggested that if you work overnights you shouldn't work them for long perio...
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Isolation Urine
Views: 5,040 - Comments: 1Rachel Renfro, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses how to contain, but still accurately quantify urine output on a patient suspected to have Leptospirosis.
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Jackson Pratt Drain Use and Care
Views: 5,747 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses how to empty a Jackson Pratt drain and basic drain maintenance.
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Hepatic Lipidosis
Views: 6,382 - Comments: 0Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, talks you though the cause, diagnosis and treatment of hepatic lipidosis in cats. Specific mention of both NG and esophagostomy feeding tubes is included. This talk is specifically RACE-appro...
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Anesthetic Complications
Views: 17,612 - Comments: 11During this hour of case studies, Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS(ECC, Anes.), CVPP, walks you through some of her toughest anesthetic cases. She explains the hows and whys of drug selection, monitoring, and emergencies during...
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Shock Talk
Views: 12,371 - Comments: 6Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), discusses the different causes of shock in patients and how to recognize, treat, and monitor patients experiencing shock. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for one Technician CE credit.
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Local Anesthesia for Techs
Views: 8,379 - Comments: 2Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS(ECC, Anes.), CVPP, walks you through simple and inexpensive local anesthesia procedures you can start using tomorrow to benefit your patients. Pain management is an important facet of any treatment pl...
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DIC
Views: 7,410 - Comments: 0Lee Herold, DVM, DACVECC, teaches you about Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Case studies are discussed to bring all of the information together. This talk is specifically R...
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Lifters and Leaners
Views: 5,392 - Comments: 0CEO of DoveLewis, Ron Morgan, discusses employee engagement and managing lifters and leaners in your practice. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for one DVM or one Technician CE credit. This course has been approve...
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Diabetes Mellitus - Pathophysiology and Initial Assessment
Views: 7,969 - Comments: 3Lee Herold, DVM, DACVECC, discusses the basics of diabetes, insulin types, glucose curves, and gives great tips on educating clients to manage this disease at home. Diabetes management can be challenging for veterinarians and...
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Common Toxicities
Views: 10,901 - Comments: 8Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), discusses decontamination procedures for pets that have ingested toxins and also gives clinical signs and treatments for common toxicities. Toxin ingestions are commonplace in veterinary medicin...
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Canine Parvovirus Infection
Views: 41,336 - Comments: 6A 17-week-old Coton de Tulear canine presented to DoveLewis with diarrhea, vomiting, lethargy and inappetence. The diarrhea had started a few days prior upon being adopted from a breeding facility. He was seen by his p...
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Why I Like Overnights
Views: 4,003 - Comments: 4Do I like overnights? Does anyone like overnights? Maybe a few masochistic vampires out there can truly answer yes but the truth is that working graveyard is tough. It is unnatural and completely socially alienating. Though I...
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Here's My Problem: Overnight Anticipation
Views: 2,586 - Comments: 0I have to work an overnight shift tonight. It’s a mid-week overnight shift, surrounded by days of meetings and office work. My favorite. In my outside-of-work life I LOVE anticipation, but as I forced myself to sleep in this...
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Drinks After Work
Views: 3,078 - Comments: 2Many shifts leave me feeling like a weary soldier of the ER/ICU, and (more often than not) the Grim Reaper. These times call for a drink. I envy those of you that can meet for so-called "happy hour", the late sunlight...
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Transfusion Medicine Myths
Views: 13,754 - Comments: 8Transfusion medicine has greatly evolved since the discovery of canine blood groups in 1910. Today, there are about a half dozen erythrocyte antigens that are clinically significant in canines, the most important of which are...
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Feline Hypothermia
Views: 5,327 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), discusses the reasoning and importance of warming cold (<97 degrees F) cats before administering large quantities of IV fluids.
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Aftercare Paw Prints
Views: 7,598 - Comments: 7Technician Assistant, Cecily Douglas, demonstrates how to make a set of ink paw prints as part of aftercare on deceased patients.
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Central Line Use and Care
Views: 11,075 - Comments: 8Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses central line care and talks step by step of how to use a central line to obtain a blood sample.
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Esophagostomy Tube Care and Feeding
Views: 10,035 - Comments: 4Rachel Renfro, CVT, VTS(ECC), walks you through proper esophagostomy tube maintenance, diet preparation, and how to feed through an esophagostomy tube.
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Icterus
Views: 5,178 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), shows how to recognize icterus in a dog and discusses common medical reasons for icterus.
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Hyperkalemia
Views: 4,658 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses hyperkalemia in the context of urinary obstruction. Medications and management techniques are mentioned.
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Using Sterilization Pouches
Views: 13,909 - Comments: 3Surgery Assistant at DoveLewis, Sarah Crisp, talks through how to sterilize instruments in single sterilization pouches.
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GDV - VPC
Views: 8,305 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses ventricular premature contractions (VPCs) in a GDV case, including recognition and monitoring.
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GDV - Gastric Trocarization
Views: 16,982 - Comments: 9Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, demonstrates gastric trocarization in a patient presenting with GDV.
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GDV - Radiographs
Views: 9,106 - Comments: 1Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, interprets and discusses a right lateral radiograph taken on a patient presenting with GDV.
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GDV - Presentation
Views: 7,696 - Comments: 4Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses the first steps of treating a patient with GDV when they present to the hospital.
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Deobstipation
Views: 7,901 - Comments: 6Even after 24 hours of IV fluids, Susan Dugat, DVM, and Lee Herold, DVM, DACVECC, still have to put quite a bit of “muscle” into deobstipating this cat.
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Cage Aggression
Views: 23,245 - Comments: 8Meredith Rose, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to appropriately manage a dog that has severe cage aggression.
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Canine Endotracheal Intubation
Views: 30,705 - Comments: 17Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS (ECC, Anes.), explains endotracheal tube selection, intubation, and how to check proper endotracheal tube placement.
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Compassion Fatigue
Views: 16,411 - Comments: 8Did you know that caring too much can hurt? When veterinary staff members are exposed to others pain, they can succumb to symptoms associated with the secondary traumatic stress disorder now labeled compassion fatigue. Compassion...
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Critical Transport
Views: 3,639 - Comments: 5Join the DoveLewis team as they travel across Portland to pick up and transport a critical patient back to the ICU.
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Fractious Cat Restraint
Views: 43,286 - Comments: 30Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), and Technician Assistant, Sarah Crisp, wrangle Max, a very grumpy cat who is in the ER for an exam and diagnostics. Megan gives some tips on handling aggressive and fractious cats.
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Use of a 3-Way Stopcock
Views: 13,108 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), uses water and food coloring to demonstrate how to properly use a 3-way stopcock.
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Open and Hand Off a Sterile Pack
Views: 16,246 - Comments: 10Surgery assistant, Sarah Crisp, explains step-by-step how to open and hand off a sterile pack.
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Autotransfusion
Views: 8,229 - Comments: 5Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, discusses how to obtain blood for an auto-transfusion. Sometimes the best transfusion is one the patient provides for themselves.
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Wrapping Sterile Packs
Views: 23,626 - Comments: 17Surgery Assistant at DoveLewis, Sarah Crisp, explains step-by-step how to wrap a surgical pack for steam sterilization.
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Implementing Triage
Views: 20,636 - Comments: 8Triage is the act of organizing patients into levels of importance. The worst patients should be seen first, the more stable patients can ‘wait their turn’. By using information given to you by the owner and by using your knowledg...
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Porcupine Quills
Views: 4,388 - Comments: 2Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, discusses a dramatic case of porcupine quill migration from the DoveLewis ICU.
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Zinc Toxicity
Views: 9,760 - Comments: 3Find a penny pick it up…wise words to live by, unless you’re a dog. Some dogs (and cats!) can’t resist the shiny allure of pennies and if they happen to ingest pennies minted after 1982 they can pay the price in the form of a dead...
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Pectus Excavatum
Views: 4,388 - Comments: 6Pectus excavatum is a condition where the sternum is deformed and in severe cases can cause respiratory distress. Ashley Magee, DVM, DACVS, performs the splinting procedure to correct this deformity in a kitten.
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Anesthesia Induction and Recovery
Views: 25,992 - Comments: 15Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS (ECC, Anest.), talks through an anesthesia induction with propofol and anesthesia recovery. What are some common anesthesia induction drugs used in your hospital? Which ones do you prefer for your patients...
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