Veterinary Technician Skills

Competent & Mastered

Basic Clinical Skills Advanced Clinical Skills

● Catheter Placement: Peripheral, pedal, jugular, ● Catheter Placement: Intraosseous, exotics,
ear PICC line, Central Venous Catheter, Urinary
● Phlebotomy: Cephalic, Saphenous, Jugular, Ear, Foley & Indwelling Urinary Catheter (Male &
Tail, Pedal Sampling Female Canine & Feline), Nasopharyngeal
● CPR: Basic & Advanced Life Support Oxygen Catheter
● Telemetry Placement & Monitoring ● Nasogastric Feeding Tube Placement & Enteral
● Physical Exam Feeding CRIs
● Client Communication & Patient Discharge ● Intubation: Orogastric & Tracheal
● Patient Assessment ● Phlebotomy: Arterial Sampling
● Anesthetic & Sedated Procedures ● Centesis: Cystocentesis & Abdominocentesis
● CRI Fluid Administration ● Anesthesia Monitoring: ASA 1-5
● Crystalloid Additive Calculations ● CRI Medication, Crystalloid & Colloid
● Pharmacology: Administration of medications Calculation & Administration
via PO, IT, IP, IM, SC, TD, TM, IV ● Triage & Stabilization
● Auscultation: Cardiac & Pulmonary
● Transfusion: pRBC, FFP, FP, ALB, Whole Blood,
Antivenin
● Monitoring Closed Suction Drains
● Monitoring Emergent & Critical Patients
● Gastric Lavage
Diagnostic Tests ● Administration & Maintenance of Partial
Parenteral Nutrition
● Monitoring Oxygen Therapy
● Radiography
● Neonatal Resuscitation
● Ultrasonography
● Local Anesthetic Nerve Blocks: Line, Coccygeal
● Electrocardiography
Epidural, Dental, Intraperitoneal Lavage, etc.
● Endoscopy/Colonoscopy
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Laboratory Tests
● Urinalysis
● Cytology: Fecal, Ear, Skin
● Ear Cytology
● Hematology: Platelet Estimates, WBC
Estimates & Differential, Erythrocyte
Evaluation
● Arterial Blood Gasses
● CBC, Chemistry, Electrolyte, SDMA, T4, Snap
Tests, Coagulation, iStat, iCa, etc.
● Sample Preparation for Lab Send Out