Technicians

Quick tips to keeping a clean record.

It's time to tighten up your social network privacy settings.

Bust out this board game at your next team meeting to improve patient care.

Get a comprehnsive list of resources you can use to help clients understand the importance of weight management.

Use these websites to see what the Web says about you.

Win over a client and score a drink with this bubbly game.

Thank referrals with a pet identification card.

Make sure you collect-and record-all the important information during this exam, so the veterinarian can make the correct diagnosis and provide the best therapy.

Here's why you should take the plunge and join already.

Bartonellosis is usually transmitted by cat scratches and bites contaminated with flea feces. Learn more about the animals that host and pass on the Bartonella bacteria.

A young mother, athlete, and veterinary practice manager suffered through extreme fatigue and muscle pain for three years before she discovered her life would never be the same. Could the same thing happen to you simply because of where you work?

Veterinary team members, you're at risk for the disease simply because you work with animals. But how much do you really know about bartonellosis?

Bartonella species, their animal hosts, and potential vectors are being identified at a snowballing rate. Learn the risk this poses to you and your patients.

Put your best foot forward -- and shine like the star you are -- at this season's veterinary hospital get-together.

Associations speak out on heartworm preventives. Read what they say about efficacy issues and staying the course.

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Kansas State University veterinary professors suggest ways to highlight dental health in practice.

In-home blood glucose monitoring can improve prognoses and client compliance at your veterinary practice.

Bargain-basement spays, neuters do more harm to the veterinary profession, than good for animals.

Female dolphins do better when they work with their pod-mates.

Intuitive cooperation doesn't work beyond pairs. It's time to be direct with team members and other coworkers.

Veterinary team members attending CVC San Diego shared the main reason they love going to work every day.

Learn how you can help increase awareness about the prevalence, detection, and treatment of pet cancer.

Your mental health at your veterinary practice may mean doing things differently.

Animals serve many roles when it comes to energy and the planet. Their energy fields are far more expansive than ours – a dog's energy field is approximately ten times that of a human's. A horse's field will encompass a large arena, and a cat's will fill an entire property. The energy of wildlife is especially important to the survival of the planet. They create a frequency that maintains the vibrational health of the planet, and all creatures on it.

Transfusion of blood products is an important lifesaving measure performed frequently in veterinary medicine. The decision to transfuse should not be taken lightly: it is costly and can frequently be clouded by complications. Blood transfusion therapy should be limited to the treatment of anemia, hypoproteinemia, coagulation disorders, or hemodynamic instability.

The role of the veterinary technician in traumatic emergencies is pivotal to the survival of the incoming patient. The physical exam must be quick, thorough, and concise. Utilization of all technical skills from careful visualization, palpation, and auscultation is of the utmost importance.

Anesthetic arrests and patients with reversible conditions should be resuscitated aggressively. Reasons for such a poor success rate include severity of underlying disease, delay in the recognition of CPA, and delay in delivery of appropriate therapy.