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Tag: Equipment

  • Abdominal ultrasound, pt 1: equipment controls

    Abdominal ultrasound, pt 1: equipment controls

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    Abdominal ultrasound is an invaluable diagnostic tool that can give us far more information about abdominal organs than radiographs. It can also be a very daunting procedure – especially for clinicians unfamiliar with how the machine operates. One of the biggest frustrations with using the ultrasound machine stems from not knowing what each button is…

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pt 4: monitoring equipment

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pt 4: monitoring equipment

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    Monitoring devices are crucial in the success of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Many monitoring modalities can be used during CPR for the assessment of the adequacy of CPR efforts and the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). These monitoring devices, however, should never be used as a sole mechanism to confirm cardiopulmonary arrest. Indeed, commencement of CPR…

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pt3: airway access

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pt3: airway access

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    Hypoxia and hypercapnia have both been shown to reduce success in resuscitating human and veterinary patients – highlighting the importance of airway access and ventilation in the early phases of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Although the benefit of early ventilation – within the initial minutes of CPR – is not clear in animals, it appears to…

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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    Nothing quite describes “the worst nightmare” better than having to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on our patients. Matters will only be worse if we are unprepared for it. When I say “we”, it’s not just us veterinarians, but everyone involved, since each person’s action – or lack of action – has a direct impact on…

  • Home visits: improving lives for vets, owners and pets

    Home visits: improving lives for vets, owners and pets

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    We were disappointed to read Nick Marsh’s recent assessment of home visits as “frustrating and scary”. As the UK’s largest home visit service provider, we are concerned about owners who cannot easily take their animals to the vet. As we are all too familiar with, travelling to the vet can be a traumatic experience for…

  • Home visits: a window into curious clients

    Home visits: a window into curious clients

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    It is a truth universally acknowledged – people are weird. It’s something that becomes clear within a few days (or even hours) of any job that has significant interaction with that terrifying, unpredictable section of humanity known by the strangely bland collective term “the public”. Actually, it’s pretty clear in almost any job – except…

  • New year, new me

    New year, new me

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    To many new graduates, beginning a new year without a job would be cause for concern. For Jordan, however, it was a huge relief, having realised her first place of employment was, overall, a bad fit.

  • Don’t fear tuition fees

    Don’t fear tuition fees

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    With the upcoming general election, the question of changing tuition fees has cropped up again. People obsess over the fact rising tuition fees are putting poorer families off from sending their children to university. But I think they’ve got it wrong – tuition fees aren’t the problem. Tuition fees are only paid back once you…

  • CPD – why we do it

    CPD – why we do it

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    The door closes behind the client and you breathe a sigh of relief. The last three appointments are booked off, and even with this extra unexpected cat bite abscess, you’re going to finish in time; you might be there 10 minutes late, but you’ll make it. That’s when your receptionist pops his or her head…

  • How to find a veterinary nurse

    How to find a veterinary nurse

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    I often get asked how do I find a vet nurse? Yes, a shortage of veterinary nurses exists. Yes, we are hard to find – but we do exist, and we may just be looking to get a new job. Yet many people report they can’t find any vet nurses to employ. Well, I just may have…