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A
Day in the life of A...
Equine
technician
by Mindi
Maley, RVT
Part of a continuing series on vet tech careers.
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I work for a
busy equine referral hospital in northeastern Ohio. We are a 24-hour
emergency facility along with service to routine clientele.
We currently
have 6 doctors on our staff which include two boarded surgeons and
one boarded in internal medicine. We have 3 registered technicians
and 20 lay staff. I have worked for this hospital as a tech for
11-1/2 years.
The techs share
all of the duties, but we also have areas that we specialize in
within our practice. I am the senior surgery tech as well as the
senior tech of the entire practice. Our other two techs are responsible
for any anesthesia performed in our facility. Because we are a referral
hospital, we get to see a lot of interesting cases. We perform a
lot of surgery, including colic and orthopedic cases. In the Spring
our hospital is full of sick mares and foals.
I absolutely
love my job and couldn't imagine doing anything else!
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Many thanks to Mindi for taking the time to share what a day as a tech
in a small veterinary office is like.
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