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Anxious and Afraid
Views: 22,276 - Comments: 12In this lecture, Jenn Fiendish, CVT, VTS (Behavior), discusses fear and anxiety in cats and dogs. Common presentations, management techniques, treatment strategies are covered. This talk is specifically RACE-approved for 1.5...
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Underwater Treadmill Preparation
Views: 3,776 - Comments: 0Mandi Blackwelder, DVM, CCRP, discusses the patient preparation for the underwater treadmill and what happens when there is an accident in the water.
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Underwater Treadmill Use
Views: 5,179 - Comments: 1Mandi Blackwelder, DVM, CCRP, discusses the uses and functionality of the underwater treadmill and how it can help rehabilitate patients.
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7 Tips for Happy Pets on Halloween
Views: 3,900 - Comments: 1Guest blogger and behavior specialist, Jenn Fiendish, CVT, VTS (Behavior), discusses important things to keep in mind while educating clients this Halloween: We all know the dangers of chocolate and pets, but what about the anx...
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Leveling Up as a Vet Tech
Views: 7,378 - Comments: 7Veterinary technicians are essential in any veterinary clinic but they can come in many forms. Having grown up as a gamer, I can most easily define these forms as technician levels: Level One: Newbie You are just starting ou...
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Technician Appreciation
Views: 2,910 - Comments: 0It’s National Veterinary Technician Week! DoveLewis is spending this week showering our amazing Technician and Assistant staff with the attention they deserve and highlighting the important role they play at our hospital. Think fo...
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When Society Labels You a Killer
Views: 4,824 - Comments: 7UPDATE: The Quebec Court of Appeal has lifted the temporary suspension of Montreal’s pitbull ban, putting the bylaw into effect. Pit Bulls have recently been all over the news as the target of a controversial ban which came aft...
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Tiny Talk – Critical Thinking
Views: 12,229 - Comments: 0Christy Michael, BVMS, describes critical thinking and why it is such a vital skill for everyone on the veterinary team.
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From CVT to CSR to CVT Again... A Journey
Views: 5,669 - Comments: 9I have been a CVT for just over 2 years now, the majority of that time spent in emergency medicine. During a late night in the ER I tried to take on a dog that was just a little too much for me, and injured my back. This...
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Ultrasound Guided Cystocentesis
Views: 16,252 - Comments: 2Sarah Harris, CVT, demonstrates the proper technique for performing an ultrasound guided cystocentesis.
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Feline Restraint: Low-Stress Handling
Views: 30,912 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates low-stress handling techniques for non-aggressive cats.
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NW by SW
Views: 3,006 - Comments: 0Josh Cruz, DVM, takes us through case based examples of maladies common to the Southwest United States, with a focus on diagnostics, therapeutics, and interventions that are applicable to emergencies in the Northwest United States...
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Adopting Special Needs Cats
Views: 4,161 - Comments: 3If you have read my previous blogs then you are aware of my addiction to caregiving and that I tried to stop rescuing. I did my best to stop but the special needs cats always pull so hard on my heartstrings that I cannot say no. I...
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Summer Feline Toxins
Views: 8,118 - Comments: 2With the arrival of summer and that warm weather, for which us Pacific Northwesterners are starved, comes an increase in the cases of specific cat toxins we see. The flowers are blooming and the bugs are out in full force! These f...
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Porcupine Quill Removal
Views: 10,005 - Comments: 5Katherine Earl, DVM, discusses the removal of porcupine quills, treatment and pain control.
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Clipper Care
Views: 16,003 - Comments: 0Think about the last procedure you used clippers for.. Was it shaving a wound? Cutting out matted hair and fecal matter? Or just prepping to place a catheter? Whatever is was, it's important to remember that we need to take care o...
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What to Expect on the Fourth of July
Views: 3,144 - Comments: 0Like most clinics, Fourth of July is DoveLewis’ busiest holiday. Patient numbers rise in the summer as more pets are outdoors with their owners enjoying the weather, which means more chances for pets and owners to make poor decisi...
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Tiny Talk - Toxicities the First 10 Minutes
Views: 7,045 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses strategies and treatments for toxin ingestion.
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Diagnosis and Management of Splenic Diseases
Views: 5,879 - Comments: 2Ashley Magee, DVM, DACVS, discusses the spleen and emergency management of patients with splenic diseases. Diagnosis and patient stabilization are covered with a majority of the talk focused on surgical technique for splenectomy a...
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Adapting to the Technician Shortage
Views: 7,958 - Comments: 16This year I helped make a decision that caused a considerable amount of strife among the DoveLewis technician staff and even anger and disappointment for a few of my most senior technicians. No one likes to deal with conflic...
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Ruptured Urethra Catheterization Using Fluoroscopy
Views: 4,557 - Comments: 2Ashley Magee, DVM, DACVS, uses a fluoroscope to assist in the placement of a urinary catheter in a dog with a ruptured urethra and fractured pelvis from vehicular trauma. Patient follow up with removal of the urinary catheter is i...
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Von Willebrand Disease
Views: 8,904 - Comments: 2Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, gives a quick overview of Von Willebrand disease and discusses the treatment strategy for a dog previously diagnosed with the disease that presented to the hospital needing an exploratory l...
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Tick Paralysis
Views: 8,129 - Comments: 1Adam Stone, VMD, discusses a case of tick paralysis and the amazing recovery made once the tick was removed from the patient.
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Cleaning Checklists
Views: 14,342 - Comments: 3DoveLewis Technician Assistant, Leilani Baker, gives an overview of the cleaning checklists and why this system is important in any hospital. A sample cleaning checklist is available for download.
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Dog Bite Prevention Q & A
Views: 24,311 - Comments: 2DoveLewis Safety Manager Coby Richter answers some common questions about dog bite prevention. She discusses important precautions that all of our staff members take and how our policy regarding muzzling was developed....
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Wound Management of a Complex Dog Bite
Views: 12,635 - Comments: 4A 6 year old Female spayed Maine Coon cat was mauled by a dog sustaining severe injuries to her left forefoot including loss of the second digit. The wounds were debrided and partially closed by her primary care veterinarian ten d...
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Emergency Preparedness For Your Clinic
Views: 5,793 - Comments: 0Safety Manager of DoveLewis, Coby Richter, DVM, DACVS, discusses a few disaster preparedness precautions that we take as a 24-hour facility.
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Hemocytometer White Blood Cell Count
Views: 7,981 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to perform a manual white blood cell count using a hemocytometer. This procedure is infrequently used due to the technology available to many hospitals, but is a good skill to have i...
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Is There a Cure for When You’re a Workaholic?
Views: 4,707 - Comments: 6Is there a cure when you’re a workaholic? I am a workaholic. I come from a long line of focused, hardworking people who lived their lives with determined energy. And honestly, for many of my ancestors before me, this drive was...
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Respiratory Distress: Emergency Treatment
Views: 29,831 - Comments: 4When faced with a patient in respiratory distress or arrest, the timing of patient assessment and intervention is critical. First one must determine if the patient is in respiratory arrest, regardless of the underlying cause....
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Never Stop Learning
Views: 6,541 - Comments: 8This is a mantra here at atdove.org. It’s one of the main reasons for the development of this website and why I have spent the last 5 years working to create the videos and articles found here – because I believe so strongly that...
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Removing a Needle from a Cat’s Soft Palate
Views: 7,698 - Comments: 1Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, shows radiographs of a cat with a sewing needle lodged in her tongue and soft palate, and then demonstrates her strategy for removing the needle safely.
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Spring Weather Preparedness
Views: 5,100 - Comments: 1Spring Has Sprung! Watch Out for Wild Weather! Tornadoes, lightning, floods, rip currents and early season heat - spring dangers rampage across the United States throughout March, April and May. And there’s one hazard tha...
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Getting Started with Dental Charting
Views: 15,831 - Comments: 4Becky Smith, CVT, VTS (Clinical Practice), of Rose City Veterinary Hospital discusses the importance of dental charting, how to get started with dental charting in your practice, and the different abnormalities to chart in canine...
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Client Call Backs
Views: 8,137 - Comments: 4Joanie Abrams, CVT, VTS(ECC), discusses how client call backs are performed at the hospital and our philosophy for follow up in the ER.
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How We Keep Our Dogs From Barking
Views: 8,011 - Comments: 5We’ve been doing yoga, coloring sheets, having healthy snacks, and taking extra time for ourselves because it’s self-care month at DoveLewis. But there’s one topic that’s got us all talking: our shoes! So w...
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My Fear of Wellness Month
Views: 4,307 - Comments: 7Let’s start with the basics: I’m new to my employer and have been with the company for 90 days. I’ve been put in charge of spearheading Wellness and Self Care Month for our 115 employees. Now the complicated factors: I do not c...
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Fractured Canine Root Canal
Views: 6,009 - Comments: 2VCA Raleigh Hills Dental Center’s Rebecca Martin, DVM, performs a root canal on a fractured canine. The process of performing a root canal is covered as well as reasoning behind each decision made along the way.
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Are You Taking Dental Radiographs?
Views: 5,664 - Comments: 2It’s dental month so let’s talk about a touchy subject. Dental radiographs, YES, you need to be taking them. Dentistry is kind of the red headed stepchild in veterinary medicine; it gets less attention and is kind of an afte...
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Hemoabdomen in the ICU
Views: 8,880 - Comments: 7Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, discusses the medical treatments of a dog that presented to the ER with an acute hemoabdomen. Stabilization prior to surgery, anesthesia, and post-operative stabilization are all covered.
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But I Swear She’s Sick!
Views: 5,819 - Comments: 8The rumors are true. In a momentary (that seems to have lasted a few weeks) lapse of judgement I made and followed through on the decision to add a puppy to my life. Losing Phoebe so quickly and without warning was quite shocking...
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ETCO2: What Every Technician Should Know
Views: 26,584 - Comments: 32Chantal Faraudo, CVT, CVPP, provides a practical overview to using end-tidal CO2 monitoring in practice. She covers different types of equipment, what ETCO2 is telling us, how to troubleshoot problems with our patients, and why th...
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Albuterol Administration
Views: 9,008 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to administer inhaled medication (in this case, albuterol) to a cat that has been diagnosed with asthma.
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Root Canal Discussion
Views: 4,722 - Comments: 0Rebecca Martin, DVM, from VCA Dental Center Raleigh Hills discusses a case about a dog presenting with a fractured canine tooth. Dr. Martin shows and talks through the radiographs of this tooth and describes her thought process fo...
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Skin Cytology
Views: 13,148 - Comments: 3Veterinary Dermatologist, Jon Plant, DVM, DACVD, of SkinVet in Portland demonstrates multiple methods of obtaining samples for skin cytology looking for bacterial contamination of the skin.
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In Memory Of…
Views: 4,184 - Comments: 13I’ve been a technician working in emergency medicine for a long time. I have worked on some amazing patients and seen diseases and traumas and broken animals gleefully skip out the front door; proud of my team and our success. I h...
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Wellness Program
Views: 6,379 - Comments: 1DoveLewis Wellness Program coordinators Enid Traisman, CT, MSW, and Josey Kinnaman, CVT, discuss the staff benefits of a coordinated hospital wellness program and the steps DoveLewis has taken to improve the wellness options for e...
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Veterinary View of the Holidays
Views: 5,483 - Comments: 1The memes have started: pancreatitis- turkey bone- foreign body removal- chocolate toxicity. It’s how we know the holiday season is upon us. Of course these memes are funny, because they are true. During the holidays, we see an in...
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Tiny Talk - ETCO2 in Anesthesia
Views: 18,474 - Comments: 12In this Tiny Talk, Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses end tidal CO2 and why it is important to monitor in anesthetized patients. Understanding what that value means to the patient and tips for keeping it within the normal r...
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Feline Bladder Palpation
Views: 16,430 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), demonstrates how to palpate a bladder in cats. This skill is useful for potential urinary obstructions as well as prior to cystocentesis.
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