Liz Hughston, MEd., RVT, CVT, LVT, VTS (IM - Small Animal, ECC)

Topics for articles or lectures:

• The ABCs of ECGs
• Delivery of Oxygen in Critical Patients
• As Easy As Tic-Tac-Toe: A Simple Approach to Analyzing Acid-Base Status
• Not so Cute:  Acute Anaphylaxis
• The Solution to Pollution: Top Toxicity Tips
• Top 5 Kitchen Toxins
• Top 5 Bathroom Toxins
• Top 5 Garage and Garden Toxins
• Scooby’s Doobies: Cannabis in Veterinary Medicine
• Mythbusting: ECC Pharmacology Edition
• Troubleshooting Anesthetic Complications
• Triage for the General and Emergency Practice
• Triage: The First Five Minutes (pick 3-5, depending on lecture length)

1. Cardiopulmonary arrest
2. Respiratory distress
3. The Dreaded Bloat and GDV
4. Trauma
5. Collapse
6. Allergic reactions
7. Toxicities
8. Urethral obstruction
9. Sudden lameness
10. Sudden blindness

• PICC Lines and Jug Caths and IO’s, Oh My!  Advanced Vascular Access for the Veterinary Technician
• Go With the Flow: Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians
• Family Presence in the Veterinary Practice: Honoring the Human-Animal Bond
• I’m All Out of Breath; I’ll Die if You Touch Me:  Nursing Care of the Respiratory Distress Patient
• Sugar High: Nursing the DKA Patient
• Git ‘Er Down: Nursing Care for the Megaesophagus Dog
• Nursing Care of the Recumbent Patient
• Nursing Care of the Head Trauma Patient
• Going Viral: Canine Distemper
• The Guest That Never Leaves: Hemotropic Mycoplasmas
• If the Gut Works, Use It!  Indications and Use of Feeding Tubes
• CRIs in Clinical Practice
• Play Nice! Drug Interactions Every Veterinary Technician Should Know
• Wrap It Up:  Basic Wound Healing and Bandaging
• Every Patient Every Time: Kirby’s Rule of 20
• Critical Thinking in Critical Care: The Nursing Process
• Your Best Staff: Developing A Training Program
• Get on the Floor: Training in Clinical Practice
• Staff Helping Staff: Mentoring in the Veterinary Practice
• To V or Not to V: The Road to VTS
• The Long Goodbye:  Hospice and Palliative Care

Available Laboratory Sessions:

• Veterinary CPR: The RECOVER Initiative
• Advanced Vascular Access
• Bandaging
• Medical Math and CRIs

Location:  San Jose, CA

Contact:  [email protected]