RVNBible - Anaesthesia and Orthopaedic Skills for Veterinary Nurses

27/06/2025

The first image shows a picture of a pelvis that is rotated. What would you do to the patient in terms of positioning, to achieve the second image??

27/06/2025

Almost that time of year again to share the knowledge 📚✏️🩺🐾

31/10/2024

Trick….or Treat?!
🎃🕷️🕸️👻Happy Halloween 🍬🍫🍭🍡

02/07/2024

Keep up to date with the most up to date RECOVER guidelines in Veterinary CPR
https://recoverinitiative.org/2024-guidelines/
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The 2024 veterinary CPR guidelines from RECOVER Initiative. Read the collaborative effort between veterinary experts.

02/07/2024

Check out the most current IVFT guidelines
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Animal hospitals around the world earn AAHA accreditation to strengthen their business, advance their team, and provide the best possible care to companion animals.

27/06/2024

We have a lot of "know-how" but we're also human. We make mistakes. And sometimes these mistakes are costly, particularly when lives are at stake.
To ensure we don't forget to do the basics, we need to go back to basics. The humble checklist is free to use and quick to do. It is, quite literally, a lifesaver. In high-pressure, high-risk professions, it's so often ineptitude, rather than ignorance, that leads to error.
This cost-free, simple, but effective tool – the checklist – can help prevent fatal errors or costly oversights. Where in practice could we utilise checklists? - GA induction, regional anaesthesia, recovery, inpatient care! Let get those thinking caps on!
Give the Checklist Manifesto a read - it highlights the importance of checklists in the medical field but also in construction and aviation.

19/06/2024

Let’s talk about checklists!! we can utilise checklists in many areas of veterinary practice but we think that one area where it’s a non-negotiable is prior to anaesthetic induction. The AVA have a great anaesthetic safety checklist pre-prepared for you to print or, design your own. 🤩

05/04/2024

Is anyone else listening to the Chronic Pain Symposium? 🤓 There are some great lectures coming up this weekend, it’s not too late to register!

31/03/2024

28/03/2024

This was my first time placing an arterial catheter in the carpal artery, as I usually use the dorsal pedal artery.

13/03/2024

Learning the ultrasound guided technique for sciatic nerve block

Image 1. Illustrates the sciatic nerve
Image 2. Illustrates the nerve stimulation needle within the tissue layers
Image 3. Probe and needle placement
Image 4. Infiltration of the LA around the nerve