Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds

Are you just as hesitant with rabbit anesthesia as I am? 😬 Buns are so amazing and deserve the same level of high quality anesthesia and pain management as our canine and feline friends...yes that includes intubation. Listen in as guest Jody Nugent Deal gives us some insight on making these patients your new anesthesia favorite. 🐰 We also talk about how much we love learning new things ( shout out to https://lafeber.com/vet) and using the Sentier VetCorder on our exotics friends. Jody Nugent-Deal is a Registered Veterinary Technician and Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in Anesthesia/Analgesia and Clinical Practice – Exotic Companion Animal. She has worked for the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital since 1999, working in the Companion Exotics Department for 10 years and currently the Anesthesia Department where she is the supervisor. She is a founding member of the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Clinical Practice and currently serves as the executive secretary for the group as well as the appeals committee chair. Jody is also an active member with the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia having served on the nominations, credentials, and appeals committees. Currently she serves as the President Elect for the AVTAA as well as the appeals committee chair.

Picture this... Your job is a new clinic each week and you have complete autonomy over your schedule. Sound too good to be true? Well it's exactly what locum anesthesia tech Kim Spelts does every day! Traveling techs are a new way for techs to keep things interesting in vet med. In this episode we discuss how to make traveling tech your full time gig, how to build trust in a new clinic, and ways to love your job again Check out Peak Veterinary Anesthesia here: http://peakvas.com/team/

How can you enact change? How can you convince your colleagues to try new things especially when it comes to high stakes stuff like anesthesia? How can we be fully utilized at our jobs and stay engaged? Liz Hughston is here to help us along the way with her deep insights and sharp wit.

This one is for all my Lab Animal and Research nerds! This episode of the Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds podcast focuses on the career options within research. Did you know that veterinarians and veterinary technicians are in high demand when it comes to positions in research? Check out my conversation with Dr. Charlette Cain of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. If you are interested in a VTS in lab animal medicine check out https://www.slavt.org/ If you'd like to learn more about lab animal research and potential career opportunities check out https://www.aalas.org/ Dr. Charlette Cain is a board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian with over 16 years of experience in the field. She received her veterinary degree from Tuskegee University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health. After a brief stint in private practice, she was accepted into the Comparative Medicine Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia where she completed a laboratory animal medicine residency and earned a master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences. After her residency, Charlette joined the Center for Comparative Medicine at Northwestern University, (in her hometown of Chicago, IL) where she worked as a lab animal vet for 12 years. In February 2020, she accepted a position as Associate Director of Veterinary Clinical Care and Training for the Department of Veterinary Resources at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.

Does the thought of anesthesia and surgery keep you up at night? Are you unsure of your skills and feel like a total imposter? Well, join Katie Ford and I as we tackle the tough topic of imposter syndrome as it pertains to veterinary anesthesia. We will talk all about how you can calm your fears and have a better day when you are the one in charge of anesthesia and surgery.

Older cat with kidney disease that needs extensive dentistry? An anesthetic nightmare? Not so says Dr. Ralph Harvey DVM, DACVAA. Ralph Harvey, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVAA, retired from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he taught anesthesia and pain management in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences from 1985 until 2018. He served as the Section Head for the Small Animal Surgical Services and as a member of the University Faculty Senate. His veterinary degree is from the UTCVM. His graduate study was at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. His post-DVM graduate training included internship, residency, and fellowship at Cornell's Veterinary and Medical Colleges. Dr. Harvey also worked in private small animal practice. He is certified as a specialist by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, has served as their Executive Secretary and as a member of the ACVAA Board of Directors. He is currently a member of the Fear-Free Advisory Panel and the Fear Free Executive Council. He received the UTCVM Brandy Memorial Award, the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the Tennessee VMA, and the UTCVM Outstanding Alumni Non-Practice Career Award

Love bearded dragons and amazing accents!? Well, then have we got the vet for you... check out his Instagram @Dreadyvet for adorable photos and real life vet med stuff. Today we talk Rabbit Anesthesia... what drugs should we use? Should we intubate? This and more is covered in this episode. (also please note the way I act totally cool in conversation with an absolute fox...smart, accent, that skin...does anyone read these show notes? ) Dr. Fabian Rivers recently won the BVA Young Vet Award for 2020 and is an all around really nice chap who lives in one of my favorite UK cities... Birmingham! Get a drink at Jekyll & Hide next time you're there... Fabian is a practicing vet and the latest member of the team on CBBC children’s TV show, ‘The Pets Factor’. He is also a recent graduate member of BVA Council. In his spare time, he is an active writer. Whilst attending the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, which he graduated from in 2018. Since then, he has published several articles on a variety of topical and important issues such as ethnicity and race, diversity within the profession.

Lets take a trip across the pond and discuss all the amazing UK things love...the skating rink outside the history museum in the winter, a good latte from Pret, the bartenders from First Date, Paracetamol, and Rory the Vet! Todays we talk to Dr.Cowlam about easing owners concerns when it comes to anesthesia. Rory is a small animal general practitioner based in London. He holds a certificate in small animal surgery and prides himself of providing the highest possible standard of veterinary care. Rory believes that communication and education are central to providing high standard care to clients and their pets and it is this that lead to his involvement in the media. Rory has been a key part of the team on the CBBC television show “The Pets Factor” through 8 series. https://theneighbourhoodvet.co.uk/the-pets-factor/ Having been a vet for just 5 years, Rory is continuing to build on his quest to bring good and quality advice to pet owners across the country and around the world

Tired of wrestling with patients to get an IV catheter in? Really tired of trying to get a fearful cat into an aquarium to gas it down? Well, our next guest has some great tips to do better! Tabitha Kucera is an Elite Fear Free and Low Stress Handling Certified Registered Veterinary Technician, CCBC, and KPA-CTP. She is the owner of Chirrups and Chatter Cat and Dog Behavior Consulting and Training in Cleveland, Ohio. https://www.chirrupsandchatter.com/ She enjoys helping people better understand and relate to their animal companions which leads to a stronger bond and a more gratifying relationship between animal and human. She loves educating others through writing, behavior consulting, and lecturing on all things cats and dogs, including feline and canine behavior, working with fearful animals, fear free handling, and more. She is a Fear Free certified speaker, a trainer-mentor for Cat Pawsitive Pro, serves as the co-chair of Pet Professional Guild’s Cat Committee, is the vice president of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, President elect for the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians, and she serves on the board of The Together Initiative for Ohio’s Community Cats

Join us on a respiratory adventure with Noah Jones, and RVT that made the switch over to working with people ( I know...gross) as a respiratory therapist. In this episode we talk about the career switch from veterinary medicine to human medicine, what it's like to intubate people, and why you should learn to love the mechanical ventilator.