| VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY MARKETABLE SKILLS |
| • Calculate, prepare, dispense, and administer medication to patients as well as identify
normal and abnormal responses to medication. |
| • Safely obtain subjective and objective data that will allow accurate evaluation
of the patient. |
| • Identify and explain appropriate and inappropriate dietary components for various
life stages and therapeutic regimens (e.g. therapeutic foods). |
| • Work with veterinarian to assess patients and determine appropriate anesthetic and
pain management protocols, monitor patient status, vital signs and physical parameters. |
| • Identify a patient’s dental health status and perform techniques, as prescribed
by a veterinarian, appropriate to the species and its condition. |
| • Prepare patients correctly for surgical procedures, utilize appropriate aseptic
techniques, and administer appropriate peri-operative care to the patients. |
| • Prepare, handle, and submit appropriate samples for diagnostic analysis. |
| • Participate in team-based approach to veterinary medicine. |
| • Apply appropriate communication skills and utilize proper medical terminology needed
to communicate with other team members; relay important information to clients. |
| • Describe the basic principles of animal research and understand the utilization
of laboratory animals in animal research; have a working knowledge of federal, state,
and local animal welfare regulations. |
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