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Veterinary Nurse - Medicine Geek I am an RVN, a Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in SAIM and an international CPD lecturer

Want to get the most out of your CPD budget this year?Membership with The Webinar Vet is vast and hugely beneficial!I lo...
04/02/2025

Want to get the most out of your CPD budget this year?

Membership with The Webinar Vet is vast and hugely beneficial!

I love to play a webinar during my drive to and from work. Play it through the speakers and learn during your journey.

I have over 20 internal medicine webinars available, plus many other speakers in The Webinar Vet catalogue.

Membership is affordable and the most beneficial, but you can also buy individual webinars or courses.

Who doesn't love a discount??

Get 20% off at checkout with code MEDICINEGEEK

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Tell me your brachycephalic tricks....Propping the mouth open with the tongue fully extended, allows for airflow once ex...
29/01/2025

Tell me your brachycephalic tricks....

Propping the mouth open with the tongue fully extended, allows for airflow once extubated during recovery.

There are so many special requirements for these breeds

Which means we've adapted so many new tricks to manage them

Let's share some brachy hacks......

Some lovely fungal plaques from an aspergillosis case.Nasal discharge, epistaxis and sneezing.This is an image from rhin...
29/01/2025

Some lovely fungal plaques from an aspergillosis case.

Nasal discharge, epistaxis and sneezing.

This is an image from rhinoscopy, prior to clotrimazole treatment.

A thing of absolute beauty 😍 And by an amazing patient care assistant 🥰
29/01/2025

A thing of absolute beauty 😍

And by an amazing patient care assistant 🥰

Just a cheeky little leukocyte, smiling back at you!This is your reminder that this is going to be a good day 😊Zoom in t...
20/01/2025

Just a cheeky little leukocyte, smiling back at you!

This is your reminder that this is going to be a good day 😊

Zoom in to see 🥰

🩸New project... 🩸So my newest little project was making some "grab bags" for feline blood transfusions!Feline transfusio...
06/01/2025

🩸New project... 🩸

So my newest little project was making some "grab bags" for feline blood transfusions!

Feline transfusions can be a bit of a minefield, on a busy day, knowing what tests to run, calculating the donation volume, getting the equipment ready... it's a lot to remember!

So, to help make this easier, I created a feline transfusion kit, along with a step by step SOP.

This way, anyone involved with a transfusion from now on, will have a full guide of what to do and the kit to do it!

Oh, and a stock list for each kit so they can easily be stocked back up!

The only things missing are surgical gloves, cleaning solution and CPDA.

Would you find this useful?

Happy new year!!Hope you all enjoy new year and to those working, I salute you!
31/12/2024

Happy new year!!

Hope you all enjoy new year and to those working, I salute you!

Just chilling in the sink!Just keep the toddlers hand off the tap!! 😅
30/12/2024

Just chilling in the sink!

Just keep the toddlers hand off the tap!! 😅

This time of year, is everybody else off except for you?
24/12/2024

This time of year, is everybody else off except for you?

❤️🩺 Thoracic pump theory 🩺❤️This week, my super clever friend Michelle Moran used a really clever explanation for the th...
20/12/2024

❤️🩺 Thoracic pump theory 🩺❤️

This week, my super clever friend Michelle Moran used a really clever explanation for the thoracic pump theory used during CPR (compressions over the highest part of the chest in round chested dogs) and I just had to share it!

Think of a fairy liquid bottle, when it's almost empty and you need to get the last bit out. You squeeze the bottle, put it under water and when you let go, the water rushes into the bottle!

This is the same theory behind the thoracic pump. As you compress the thorax, then release, it draws blood to the heart/thorax to pump to the body with the next compression!

What a fab way of explaining it!!

Can we just show her some love and appreciation for her clever clogs brain by sharing a 🙌

❤️🩺🐾 Michelle Moran 🐾🩺❤️

🐾🎁 Wow, what a gorgeous, thoughtful surprise to come home to 🎁🐾Thank you so much, Stacey for being so kind and sending ...
19/12/2024

🐾🎁 Wow, what a gorgeous, thoughtful surprise to come home to 🎁🐾

Thank you so much, Stacey for being so kind and sending me this gorgeous gift!

Chocolate, lanyard, coaster, pen and the best of all, ginger mittens tootsie socks! 😻😻😻

I absolutely love them and and as you can see, Magnus approves! 🐅

Thank you so much Stacey and have a lovely, lovely Christmas!! 🎄🎁

🩺 IM Adrenaline/Epinephrine during CPR 🩺I read this for the first time this morning and found it really interesting!RECO...
18/12/2024

🩺 IM Adrenaline/Epinephrine during CPR 🩺

I read this for the first time this morning and found it really interesting!

RECOVER emailed out an article about the benefits of using adrenaline IM during CPR!

For patients with no IV/IO access, IM adrenaline was shown to be beneficial and potentially lead to a higher survival to discharge rate.

Delays in gaining IV access can lead to delayed administration. Therefore, alternative routes prior to IV access can help improve survival.

The IM adrenaline was able to have the desired effect earlier than the IV placement/administration.

Personally, this seems to make sense to administer IM after compressions and IPPV have begun, then it can start working, while IV access is being gained. **This is NOT intended as a replacement for an IV or for those who already have IV access**

Find this interesting? Here's the link:

Article synopsis:

https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F46zgc.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com%2Fmk%2Fcl%2Ff%2Fsh%2F1t6Af4OiGsF30rSQTaUmN2dMBApDYQ%2FgrGjgi1Yrwvf&data=05%7C02%7C%7C0089030c4faa49c4dd9408dd1f251d70%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638700966448840437%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kVC8jHA8mzVIn2ocZGrU9SjGqsuKdZjnXBfmXliTnkg%3D&reserved=0

Full article:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030095722400159X


If you could only choose one textbook......What would it be???🤔🤓📚
18/12/2024

If you could only choose one textbook......

What would it be???

🤔🤓📚

🐾 Ethylene Glycol - Part 2 - Fluorescent Urine 🐾
17/12/2024

🐾 Ethylene Glycol - Part 2 - Fluorescent Urine 🐾

Thank you, The Webinar Vet for having me!I have over 20 webinars with you now and will be back for another year in 2025 ...
16/12/2024

Thank you, The Webinar Vet for having me!

I have over 20 webinars with you now and will be back for another year in 2025 🥰

🐾🎄 What Christmas cases have you seen? 🎄🐾It happens every year! The clinic smells of chocolate and not for good reasons!...
12/12/2024

🐾🎄 What Christmas cases have you seen? 🎄🐾

It happens every year! The clinic smells of chocolate and not for good reasons!

The worst chocolate toxicity I've nursed was a labrador with chocolate toxicity. He had eaten Bournville hot chocolate powder and was bad enough to experience multiple seizures!

Share your stories below...


Bye, bye lilies!Gorgeous flowers gifted for my birthday, which contained lilies!Every part of this flower including peta...
11/12/2024

Bye, bye lilies!

Gorgeous flowers gifted for my birthday, which contained lilies!

Every part of this flower including petals, pollen, leaves, stem or even the WATER they're sat in, is toxic to your cat!

Ingestion can cause an acute kidney injury and death can occur within 3-7 days!

However lovely they look, please don't take the risk!

Cat owners, please say bye bye to the lilies 👋🌺

🐱🩺 Nurses performing nurse skills 🩺🐱It is easy for us to step aside while the vets perform skills that we are trained to...
11/12/2024

🐱🩺 Nurses performing nurse skills 🩺🐱

It is easy for us to step aside while the vets perform skills that we are trained to do.

There will be many things that spring to mind when I say this. Skills you know you can do and would like to do.

Don't be afraid to put yourself forward. It is the only way to learn, to flourish, and to be satisfied as a nurse.

Even if you've never done it before, learn from each other and teach!

I'm lucky to work with a group of amazing nurses who have a great attitude towards nusing and learning new skills!

Thank you to .laurennprescott for being an advocate and giving that extra push to get us utilising our skills!

Nurses teach nurses, let's learn together! 🙌🩺

Here I am, flushing a cats subcutaneous ureteral bypass (SUB) device. This is a device which is placed in cats with blocked uterets. The device allows urine to flow from the kidney to the urinary bladder, bypassing the obstructed ureter. It has a "shunting port" placed subcutaneously. This allows us to check and flush the device with an EDTA solution and huber needle to maintain patency. We monitor the procedure with ultrasound, where we can see the fluid flushing into both the bladder and kidney.

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