VETT 1030 Syllabus

Subject Code

VETT

Course Number

1030

Course Title

Veterinary Clinical Procedures I

Prerequisites

Program admission

Corequisites

VETT 1000, VETT 1010, VETT 1060

Terms Offered

Offered Fall

Credit Hours

(3-3-4)

Course Description

This course will provide an orientation to small and large animal patient care and technical procedures. Instructors will place emphasis on physical restraint, general patient assessment and care, sample collection, medication administration, instrumentation and supplies, and basic surgery and isolation room procedures. Students must pay a $30 supply fee when registering for this course.

Course Outcomes

Patient Handling and Restraint
Order		Description
1		Apply appropriate physical restraint techniques on a dog, cat, horse, and cow.
2		Demonstrate the proper encagement and removal of small animals from cages.
3		Demonstrate application of a dog muzzle safely.
4		Demonstrate the proper application of an Elizabethan collar.
5		Use restraint pole and other restraint aids.
6		Properly apply a halter, tie, and lead horses.
7		Properly perform restraint of cattle and horses; apply twitch to horse, apply bovine halter and tail restraint.
Patient care
Order		Description
1		Describe and demonstrate the method for trimming nails, expressing anal sacs, and basic ear care in small animals.
2		Demonstrate understanding of therapeutic bathing, grooming, and dipping of small animals.
Physical Examination
Order		Description
1		Interview client to obtain a thorough patient history.
2		Demonstrate the ability to obtain objective patient data in dog, cat, horse, and cow (temperature, pulse, respiration) and auscultate heart and lungs.
3		State normal values of temperature, pulse, respiration, mucous membrane color and moistness, and capillary refill time for dogs, cats, horses, and cattle.

Sample Collection
Order		Description
1		Discuss/ demonstrate proper site selection and technique for venous blood sample collection.
2		Discuss and demonstrate the procedure for collecting voided urine samples.
Medication Administration
Order		Description
1		Discuss and demonstrate the administration of topical medications (including eye medications).
2		Discuss and demonstrate the enteral methods of medication administration as is appropriate for the medication selected and the species presented.
3		Demonstrate the administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular parenteral medications as is appropriate for the medication selected and the species presented.
4		Demonstrate the administration of subcutaneous fluids.
5		Discuss and demonstrate proper vaccine reconstitution.
Instrumentation
Order		Description
1		Identify common surgical instruments and their use.
2		Discuss the different means of sterilizing surgical instruments and supplies.
3		Discuss and demonstrate autoclave operation and maintenance.
4		Discuss and demonstrate inspection and preparation of surgical instruments for sterilization.
5		Perform proper preparation of packs, gowns, and drapes for sterilization.
6		Develop familiarity with fluid delivery systems.
Surgical preparation
Order		Description
1		Demonstrate an understanding of asepsis/aseptic technique.
2		Demonstrate gown, mask, glove, and drape preparation.
Isolation
Order		Description
1		Describe or demonstrate the proper use of personal protection equipment to minimize disease transmission between patients and to people when managing patients in an isolation facility.
2		Describe or demonstrate appropriate patient management and nursing skills essential to an isolation facility.