Mount Ida College

Advanced Anesthesia Skills
Speaker: Sandra Robbins, BS, CVT, VTS(anes),
Tufts Cummins School of Veterinary Medicine
Proper administration of anesthesia is crucial whether a dog or cat seen for a routine procedure or is brought in for a critical care situation. This lecture will cover the importance of anesthetic protocols and making education decisions as a veterinary anesthetist. The session will also focus on the role of proper monitoring throughout procedures that require anesthesia.

The Technician’s Role in Clinical Pathology
Speaker: Nancy Cleveland, BS, CVT
Adjunct Faculty Mount Ida College
Banfield Pet Hospital Framingham
This lecture will focus on the technician’s role in performing clinical pathology skills in the laboratory setting. Hematology and urinalysis applications will be discussed and attendees will learn a process by which all the major aspects of the urinalysis, complete blood count and differential are identified and commented upon. Hematology aspects will include platelets, erythrocytes, leukocytes and common abnormalities.Urinalysis aspects will include chemical testing, specific gravity, casts, crystals, proteins, fats, sperm, protein, bacteria, leukocytes and varioius types of epithelial cells.  A comprehensive review of both hematology and urinalysis from collection and sample storage to the reporting of finding, will be discussed.

Wet Laboratory: Anesthesia
This wet laboratory will focus on anesthetic equipment including anesthesia machine and monitoring equipment. The set up and care of equipment as well as application and settings utilized during veterinary procedures will be demonstrated.

Wet Laboratory: Clinical Pathology
This hands on opportunity will cover both chemical and microscopic examination of blood and urine samples. Participants will learn means by which they may standardize methods in their own clinical labs. Microscopy and good lab practice techniques in diagnostics and reporting will be emphasized.

Registration Fees
Half-Day Program (9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.): $35.00
The half-day program includes two lectures.

Full-Day Program (9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.): $85.00 (limited to 50 participants)
The full-day program includes two lectures and two hands-on laboratory sessions. Lunch is also provided.

Registration Deadline
The deadline for registration is September 9, 2010.

Continuing Education Credits
Half-day program attendees will receive three (3) continuing education credits.
Full-day program attendees will receive seven (7) continuing education credits.

Registration Form
To register, please click here to download and complete the registration form. You can email the completed form to continuinged@mountida.edu, fax it (617) 928-4507 or mail it to address on the form.

The venue for the Veterinary Technician Continuing Education Symposium is the campus of Mount Ida College, 777 Dedham Street, Newton, MA. Please click here for directions.

If you have any questions, please contact the continuing education office at (617) 928-4015 or continuinged@mountida.edu.