Avian Emergency and Critical Care for Technicians

This workshop was held on October 14, 2005.

Exciting and new in 2005! This intensive one-day workshop will educate both the novice and experienced technician in specific techniques in avian emergency and critical care.

Morning Program: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Introduction: speakers and Raptor Center history
• Environmental needs: temperature, enclosures, substrates, ventilation, sanitation, surroundings
• Nutritional and fluid needs: fluid therapy, tube feeding, dietary recommendations
• Treatments and medications: route, frequency, amount, ability of owner, condition of patient, forms, anesthesia, oxygen, bandaging, splinting, and fixation
• Avian hematology (hands-on): normal and abnormal red and white blood cell morphology, evaluating thrombocytes, blood parasites

Lunch: 12 to 1 p.m.

• Box lunch provided

Afternoon Program: 1 to 5:30 p.m.

• Bandaging workshop (hands-on): figure-8 wing wrap, tape splint, body wrap, ball bandage, interdigit bandage, carpal splint, introduction to thermoplastic and acrylics
• Selected topics: will cover obtaining patient history, assessing patient condition, special treatments or medications, diagnostic testing recommendations, and handling recommendations for the following topics -
  • Egg bound
  • Depressed and/or fluffed patient
  • Malnutrition
  • Trauma
  • Wounds
  • Sneezing/nasal discharge
  • Vomiting/regurgitation
  • Dyspnea