Virginia Association of Licensed Veterinary Technicians

Learn more about the 2024 Fall Conference lectures and labs!
This page will be continuously updated as we receive additional session descriptions from the speakers.

	Anemia: Description Coming Soon!
	The Roles of the LVT in Large Animal Practice: In this session we will discuss the shortage of large animal veterinarians and technicians, the important ways techs can contribute to large animal practice, and ways you can transition to large animal practice if you so choose.
	Zenalpha Sedation and the Provet Wetlab: Description Coming Soon!
	Reptile Handling Lab: Ever been interested in reptiles but scared to handle those wiggly creatures? In this lab you will get exposed to different things you can use to handle and examine reptiles safely. You will get exposed to handling multiple live reptiles and ask questions about their husbandry.

	Pain Management for Dental Procedures: This presentation will cover the physiology of dental pain, how to use a multimodal approach to treat dental pain, how to apply pain scales to dental patients, and how to communicate effectively about painful patients.
	Livestock Healthcare for the Hobby Farmer: More and more people are getting into micro farms and micro animals. Are they the same as the large livestock? Not necessarily! Will I see them in small animal practices? You might! This lecture will talk about some basic health care concerns that we need to educate our new farmers on with these different animals! We will focus on the 4-legged livestock in this lecture.
	Zenalpha Sedation and the Provet Wetlab: Description Coming Soon!
	Urinary Catheterization Lab: Male and Female urinary catheter wet lab. During this lab you will be taught how to place male and female urinary catheters in the canine and feline patient. You will also be shown how to attach a closed urinary collection system.

	Local Anesthetics and Block Techniques: Description Coming Soon!
	Blood Transfusions in a Pinch: A Primary Care Perspective: Blood products are hard to find and the staffing in emergency & specialty hospitals is getting critical. What can you do if you have a patient that needs blood product and they have no where to go? Let's make sure you are prepared with the tools you will need to collect and administer the product safely in a primary care setting. Also, let's talk about how you can help!
	Nasogastric Tube Lab: Description Coming Soon!
	Urinary Catheterization Lab: Male and Female urinary catheter wet lab. During this lab you will be taught how to place male and female urinary catheters in the canine and feline patient. You will also be shown how to attach a closed urinary collection system.

	The Over/Under of Thyroid Issues in Dogs & Cats: Description Coming Soon!
	Palliative and End of Life Care: We will talk about supporting clients through palliative and end of life care with special consideration for the human-animal bond.
	Basic Life Support Lab: Review of the ABCs of CPR, chest compressions, ventilation options, and hands on practice on mannequins. Come to the lab prepared to do chest compressions for multiple rounds.
	Blood Transfusion Lab: Blood transfusion basics from start to finish. We will have a live donor in order to obtain our blood sample and we will test the blood using a crossmatch kit. We will go over blood tying and setting up the transfusion using different methods.

Senior Pet Care: We will start by defining key distinctions between elderly dogs and
their younger counterparts to include diseases of age, common physical exam
abnormalities, chronic pain allowing veterinarians and vet technicians to identify
and communicate on common abnormalities in elderly dogs more readily. We will
also discuss key handling and management techniques within the clinic that will
maximize your senior canine's care.

The Power of Emotional Intelligence for Enhancing Wellbeing: We will go over
understanding EI and why we need it in the workplace. A discuss on how EI affects stress
and wellbeing in the workplace will take place. And we will close with strategies to
increase your EI in the workplace.

Advanced Life Support Lab: Review of monitoring equipment used during
CPR, drugs and dosages and hands on practice with running full codes on a simulator.
Come to the lab prepared to participate in multiple simulated code events.

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