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VSPN Surgical Monitoring of Wildlife Avian Anesthesia Self Study (TECH400)

This course is a self-paced, non-interactive course.

Presenter: Andrea Thompson, RVT
Course Open: April 1, 2024- April 30, 2025
Total CE Credit: 1
RACE Category: 1 hours Medical

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Tuition: $22
Prices are listed in US dollars.


Course Information:
Anesthesia on wildlife avian patients is not inherently more dangerous than working with mammalian patients. Grow your confidence and learn how to be a medical advocate for wildlife avian species. This course will focus on monitoring wild avian species for surgical procedures, and participants will first strengthen their understanding of avian anatomy and physiology while connecting these unique features to wildlife avian patient anesthetic impacts. This application of knowledge lends to being able to safely monitor wildlife avian anesthesia from induction through to recovery. Further, discussing the technical aspects behind the skills necessary to safely support avian patients will help to make the connection between knowledge and application seamless.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • Understand and describe avian anatomy and physiology
  • Demonstrate knowledge of proper patient preparation for anesthetic events
  • Describe body assessment, physical examination of the avian wildlife patient
  • Discuss induction, intubation, intravenous/intraosseous catheterization and fluid therapy
  • Demonstrate knowledge of blood collection and pre-anesthetic lab values
  • Describe the tools and skills utilized in anesthesia monitoring of the avian patient
  • Identify adverse anesthesia complications and how to safely monitor the avian wildlife patient undergoing anesthesia
Level and Prerequisites: This intermediate VSPN CE non-interactive course will be open for enrollment to veterinary technicians/technologists, support staff, veterinary teams, etc. - actively interested in wildlife avian anesthesia.
VSPN CE Course: Open to veterinary technicians/technologists and support staff.
RACE Credit Approval: “This program has been RACE approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians/technologists in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval." (20-1190080)

Program Agenda:
  • Surgical Monitoring of Wildlife Avian Anesthesia

Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.

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Tuition: $22
Prices are listed in US dollars.


*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on March 31, 2025 at 5 pm ET (USA) or when the maximum number of participants is reached.

*For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.


Enrollment qualifications:
  1. VIN CE Courses:
    1. VIN CE courses are open to VIN member, VIN student member, and non-member veterinarians.
    2. Veterinary support staff must be VSPN members in order to enroll in a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
  2. VSPN CE Courses:
    1. VSPN CE courses are open to veterinary support staff and veterinarians.
    2. Only VIN and VSPN members can enroll in a VSPN CE course.
    3. Veterinarians will only receive credit for those VSPN CE courses that specify in the Accreditation statement that the course is accredited for veterinarians.
  3. Please check the course Level and Prerequisites, Accreditation, and Tuition before enrolling.
  4. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses.
    1. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
  5. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 797 or email . Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.


Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course. If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN office 800-846-0028 ext. 792 to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.

*For more information on VSPN's upcoming CE courses, check the VSPN Course Catalog.

VSPN CE Services:
800-846-0028 or 530-756-4881; ext. 792
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01 45 222 6154
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from Australia: 02 6145 2357