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Tuition: $95 ($89 early bird special if enrolled by July 17, 2024) * Students currently enrolled in an AVMA accredited or CVMA approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status). Prices are listed in US dollars.

Course Information:
This course is designed to review common procedures performed in the emergency and critical care setting that should be performed by veterinary technician/technologists. This course will focus on the concepts of indications, procedural steps, and nursing care of the following procedures: nasoesophageal (NE) and nasogastric (NG) feeding tube placement, nutritional care, urinary catheterization (male and female, canine and feline), multi-lumen catheterization (central and peripheral), arterial blood sampling, arterial catheterization, blood gas analysis (venous and arterial), transfusion therapy, nasal oxygen cannula placement, advanced respiratory tube care, and defibrillation.

• Identify the indications for each procedure.
• Recognize the technical steps to be able to successfully perform each procedure.
• Understand the nursing care involved for each procedure.

RACE Accreditation: This program has been RACE approved for 4.5 hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians/technologists in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. (20-1207824)

Week 2 (Real Time Session August 14): Venous & Arterial Catheters
This week we will be discussing the indications for central venous and arterial catheters. We will discuss the procedures of placing those catheters and how to care for them. We will be discussing arterial blood pressure monitoring, as well as what parameters are used for arterial and venous blood gas analysis.

Week 3 (Real Time Session August 21): Transfusions, Respiratory & Defibrillation
This week will be covering indications for blood transfusions, blood product administration and nursing care of patients receive blood component therapy. We will also be covering nursing care for nasal cannulas, log term intubation, and advanced respiratory illness. Identifying the indications and procedure steps for defibrillation will also be covered.

Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

1. Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
2. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
3. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext.792 or email VSPNCE. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.