Clinic Resources

Dr. Melinda LopezMay 29, 2019

We want share some of our clinic documents and resources with you. We have made our training/ procedure documents open source, so that our friends and colleague...

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How To Perform Pericardiocentesis in a Dog

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 13, 2018

Many vets are afraid to perform pericardiocentesis because they have never been walked through the procedure. But if you know how to place an IV catheter in a d...

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How to Operate a 3-way stopcock

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 13, 2018

3-way stopcocks are great for efficiently draining air and effusions from the body cavities. In this video we will demonstrate how to operate a 3-way stopcoc...

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How to Collect Baseline Blood Samples During IV Catheter Placement

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 13, 2018

Video coming soon! In this video, we demonstrate how to place an intravenous catheter and collect baseline blood samples via the IV catheter. In a true emer...

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How to Perform Urethral Catheterization in a Blocked Cat

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 13, 2018

In this video, we demonstrate step-by-step how to perform urethral catheterization to alleviate urethral obstruction in a blocked cat. https://www.youtube.c...

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How to Perform Thoracocentesis

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 13, 2018

In this video, we demonstrate how to perform thoracocentesis on a dog with pneumothorax. The dog in this video sustained motor vehicle trauma resulting in sever...

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How to Use Point of Care Tests in the Vet ER

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 12, 2018

In this video, we will demonstrate how to use STAT Point of Care Tests in the Vet ER: Coming soon! STAT "Point of Care Tests: It is nice to run a couple qu...

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How to Perform CPR

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 12, 2018

This is our CPR practice drill. The background beat track is 110 bpm, and the breath track is 10 bpm (one every 5-6 seconds), so you can hear the rhythm of comp...

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How to Perform Cystocentesis

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 12, 2018

  In this video we demonstrate how to perform cystocentesis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW2bN-gPh4s Cystocentesis is the collection of a ste...

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How to Perform Abdominocentesis

Dr. Melinda LopezSeptember 12, 2018

Coming soon!  Diagnostic Abdominocentesis  Diagnostic abdominocentesis (obtaining a sample of the abdominal fluid for testing) is quickly and easily accomplis...

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