2025 CE DAYTIME SESSIONS THE SMUSH-FACED ANESTHETIC ADVENTURE Anna McClour, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Room 114
treatment of common infectious diseases specific to neonatal and pediatric patients. It also goes into delivery and cesarean sections for the pregnant patient. This talk discusses vascular access techniques, fluid therapy requirements, and nutritional requirements of both the neonatal and pediatric patient. This talk also discusses prevention of hospital acquired infection spread to these patients. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 _______________________________________ PULSE OX SHIZ Amanda Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Room 202 AB 1-hour lecture that fully details the pulse oximeter, its limitations especially when on 100% oxygen, and innovative advancements (PVI and PI) and their future potential application! • Target audience: introductory to advanced • Learning Objectives: (1) Understand the value and limitations of pulse oximetry (2) Understand how to optimize use of pulse oximetry in clinical practice (3) Learn new advancements for clinical practice with pulse oximetry technology CAPNOGRAPHY: READING THE WAVES Amanda Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Room 202 AB In this 1-hour lecture understand the importance of monitoring capnography. Focus on interpreting abnormal waveforms, identifying their causes and implementing corrective measures. • Target audience: introductory to advanced • Learning Objectives: (1) Understand the importance of monitoring patients with capnography. (2) Understand the difference of mainstream and side-stream capnographs. (3) Become effective at identifying common normal and abnormal capnograph waveforms. ABCS OF ECG’S Amanda Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Room 202 AB 1-hour lecture that reinforces an understanding of the ECG, recognizing normal and abnormal waveforms, causes and treatments. • Target audience: introductory to advanced • Learning objectives: (1) Understand the value and limitations of ECG monitoring (2) Understand how to interpret normal and abnormal ECG waveforms (3) Using clinical examples, interpret waveforms confidently and identify causes and treatment options. ESCAPE ROOM ANESTHESIA: WILL YOUR PATIENT SURVIVE? Amanda Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Room 202 AB Case base anesthetic work-ups, audience engagement in developing the anesthetic plan-requires internet connection to operate polling program, I present a case that requires surgery/anesthesia, audience selects what happens next---based on majority selection, determines if patient survives! I review which choices I would make and why. This lecture is designed to be 1-2 hours. In a 1-hour program, we can look at 2-3 cases, longer time frame allows for more cases to review and more depth. • Target audience: introductory to advanced (can be tailored to your audience) • Learning objectives: (1) Use critical thinking skills to identify real-life clinical case preparations for the peri-anesthetic period. (2) Interpretation of blood work, physical examination and history findings, monitoring vitals and waveforms to tailor discussion about case progression. (3) Learn how to interpret and distinguish between common arrythmia misunderstandings, emergency case peri-anesthetic and pain management.
several years. However, veterinary technicians are often not leveraged to their full potential. Veterinary technicians who are encouraged to continue to learn, grow professionally, and use critical thinking and technical skills report improved career satisfaction. They are more likely to stay with the practice than those who are only assigned low-level skills or are expected to follow instructions blindly. This session will provide attendees with simple tools to identify opportunities for improving practice health and success through veterinary technicians. A competency- based framework to provide credentialed veterinary technicians with a well-defined career path will also be introduced, facilitating continued learning of clinical skills and professional development. The discussion will also include how Veterinary Technician Specialists (VTS) can be better leveraged in practice today and if a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant-type role in veterinary medicine might be part of the solution in the future. BRINGING VACCINATION GUIDELINES TO LIFE Liza Wysong, RVT, BAS, VTS (CP-CF)(SAIM) 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Room 203 AB This session aims to educate veterinary technicians on the most current vaccination recommendations and how to increase compliance through team member and pet owner education. CANINE PANCREATITIS Liza Wysong, RVT, BAS, VTS (CP-CF)(SAIM) 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Room 203 AB Canine pancreatitis is a common disease in dogs. Although there have been many causes implicated in the development of pancreatitis there is no clear causation. Patient advocacy and skilled nursing is paramount in the recovery of these patients. TICK-BORNE DISEASES Liza Wysong, RVT, BAS, VTS (CP-CF)(SAIM) 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | Room 203 AB It’s not all about Lyme disease anymore. This lecture will focus on the foundation of common tick-borne diseases in the small animal patient, and address the changing face of tick-borne diseases in the United States. CRITICAL CARE NURSING OF THE EMERGENT CARDIAC PATIENT This course will help attendees understand the challenges in assessing, stabilizing and providing appropriate nursing care for cardiac patients. This course will outline pathophysiology in canine and feline cardiac patients, and outline treatments utilized such as cardiac drugs, blood pressure management, and oxygen support. Attendees will recognize appropriate triage, handling for ordered diagnostic procedures, and safe nursing care to help successfully stabilize and treat cardiac patients to discharge. CRITICAL CARE NURSING OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT Mandy Helton, RVTg, VTS(ECC) 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Room 202 CD This course will help attendees understand the challenges in triaging, stabilizing and managing veterinary trauma cases. The talk will go over how to triage polytrauma cases, and how to assess pain, oxygenation, and stabilization of these patients. The presenter discuss specific challenges and care for the neurotrauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma and skeletal trauma patients. CRITICAL CARE NURSING OF THE NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC PATIENT This course will help veterinary technicians and assistants understand the challenges in triaging, stabilizing and managing neonatal and pediatric critical patient cases. This talk goes into the difficulties in assessing vitals, fluid requirements and nutritional requirements. It also goes into care of the immune- naïve patient, and the risk and Mandy Helton, RVTg, VTS(ECC) 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | Room 202 CD Mandy Helton, RVTg, VTS(ECC) 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Room 202 CD
The Smushed-Faced Anesthetic Adventure will explore the unique challenges of anesthetizing brachycephalic patients. The lecture will cover pre-anesthetic preparation, airway management, drug selection, and strategies to monitor and prevent complications like airway obstruction and hypoxia, especially during recovery. Practical tips and techniques will be shared to ensure safe and effective anesthesia for these high-risk patients. UH-OH MOMENTS: NAVIGATING COMMON ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS Anna McClour, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Room 114 The lecture Uh Oh Moments: Common Anesthesia Complications will explore frequently encountered issues during anesthesia, such as hypotension, hypothermia, bradycardia, and respiratory complications. It will cover the underlying causes, how to recognize these complications early, and practical strategies for effective management. The focus will be on equipping attendees with the knowledge and tools to prevent and address these uh oh moments to ensure safer anesthetic practices. GROWING PAINS: THE YOUNG AND THE ANESTHETIZED Anna McClour, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | Room 114 The lecture Growing Pains: The Young and the Anesthetized will focus on the unique challenges of anesthetizing pediatric patients. Topics will include the physiological differences in young animals, considerations for drug selection and dosages, monitoring approaches, and strategies for managing common complications. A PROFESSION IN CRISIS: VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY The veterinary technician profession has been grappling with such issues as lack of job satisfaction, low wages, lack of professional respect, limited career advancement, and veterinary technician underutilization for many years. Veterinary hospitals around the country have been busier than ever during the COVID pandemic amplifying the shortage of veterinary technicians which has existed for several years. We will review multiple surveys conducted Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition) 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Room 202 AB over the past 30 years to understand the issues and current movements to address the ongoing issues. Advanced degrees, veterinary technician specialization, and other potential solutions will also be discussed. CONTRIBUTING TO A PROFESSION IN CRISIS, VETERINARY TECHNICIAN UNDER UTILIZATION Veterinary technicians play a critical role in veterinary medicine; however, they are often underutilized in the veterinary hospital. Additionally, many credentialed veterinary technicians report that they feel veterinarians, hospital management, and clients undervalue them. Credentialed veterinary technicians are leaving the profession, listing lack of respect, inability to practice at the level of their education and experience, and low salary as a few of the reasons for changing careers. Is proper utilization the key to professional satisfaction and keeping talented individuals in the field? Could this be the answer to the technician shortage? The benefits for team members and the veterinary hospital of allocating all appropriate tasks to credentialed veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants will be discussed in this session. LEVERAGING VETERINARY TECHNICIANS TODAY AND TOMORROW Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition) 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Room 202 AB
Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (Nutrition) 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | Room 202 AB
Veterinary hospitals around the country have been busier than ever during the COVID pandemic amplifying the shortage of veterinary technicians which has existed for
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