Ellery Pennington
Nolensville,TN
Summary
Dedicated emergency veterinarian with multiple years of experience delivering compassionate and detailed care for companion animals with varying needs. Creative problem solver, providing expert patient care. Empathetic professional whom is eager to advance professional career while providing gold standard care to future patients. Passionate about preserving the human animal bond and using skills/knowledge to prolong that bond as long as possible.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Clinician
Veterinary Emergency Group
06.2023 - Current
- sPerformed soft tissue emergency procedures including c-sections, GDVs, gastrotomies, intestinal resections, and enterotomies.
- Dressed wounds and prescribed medication to prevent infection for various degrees of injuries (impalements, animal fight wounds, abscess, burns, and various other traumas).
- Set animals' bones to promote proper healing.
- Drained effusions for hemothorax, pneumothorax, and pleural effusion cases secondary to neoplastic, traumatic, and infectious etiologies in small animals
- Placed nasogastric tubes for in patients to provide nutrition and remove gastric contents for various ailments while in hospital
- Repaired varying degrees of lacerations on canine and feline patients from varying etiologies
- Performed tail amputations, enucleations, and point-of-care ultrasounds on critical patients
- Calculated continuous rate infusions of insulin, fluid therapy, post-operative pain control, anti-epileptic drugs, and various other medications for a variety of inpatient disease processes (refractory seizure patients, DKA patients, post-operative pain control, mannitol, and albumen transfusions)
- Performed blood transfusions, auto-transfusions, cross-matching, and slide agglutination testing on inpatients
- Generated outpatient diagnostic and treatment plans for feline, exotic and canine patients
- Performed pericardial and abdominocentesis procedures on feline and canine patients
- Stabilized vehicular trauma patients with hemoabdomens, pelvic fractures, and head trauma
- Stabilized ruptured splenic masses as well as gastric dilatation and volvulus patients and intestinal foreign body cases for surgery
- Euthanized sick and injured animals, offering compassion and care to both animals and owners
- Informed owners of health diagnoses and statuses with sensitivity and empathy for in patients
- Operated diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic, hematology and ultrasound equipment and interpreted resulting images.
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
Emergency Clinician
Animal Emergency and Specialty Center Chattanooga
07.2022 - 06.2023
- Placed chest tubes, nasogastric tubes, and central lines on canine and feline patients
- Performed wound care with tie-over bandages, wound vac, and laceration repairs on canine and feline patients
- Performed tail amputations, enucleations, and point-of-care ultrasounds on critical patients
- Calculated continuous rate infusions as well as blood transfusions as needed on inpatients
- Generated outpatient diagnostic and treatment plans for feline and canine patients
- Performed pericardial and abdominocentesis procedures on feline and canine patients
- Consulted with specialties (Surgery and Internal Medicine) on gold standard treatment plans for hospitalized patients and relayed these recommendations efficiently to clients
- Stabilized polytrauma, medicine, and surgical patients and carried out treatments for them in the ICU
- Informed owners of health diagnoses and statuses with sensitivity and empathy for in patients
- Operated diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic, hematology and ultrasound equipment and interpreted resulting images.
- Euthanized animals humanely due to conditions such as cancer or advanced age or progressing diseases.
- Provided patients with detailed information about symptoms, causes and treatment expectations for various emergency situations.
- Practiced veterinary medicine with emphasis on chronic disease management and emergency stahilization in small animals.
- Communicated with pet owners regarding pet diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
- Maintained detailed diagnosis and treatment records for future reference.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Small Animal Rotating Intern
Neel Veterinary Hospital
06.2021 - 07.2022
- Rotated through general/orthopedic/soft tissue surgery with ABVP specialist clinician
- Scrubbed in and performed surgeries including but not limited to gastrotomies, enterotomies, subtotal colectomies, TPLOs, fore/hind limb amputation, mass removals, cholecystectomies, small intestinal resection and anastomoses, laparoscopic spays and gastropexies, dystocias, emergency c-sections, and many more
- Assigned surgical days where I am the primary surgeon on enucleations, limb amputations, spays and neuters, and foreign body removals
- Assigned to emergency shifts at least 3 days a week where I am the clinician taking cases and treating patients as primary clinician
- Managed blocked toms, hit by cars, foreign bodies, gunshot wounds, dystocias, toxicities, and much more as primary clinician
- Assigned to intensive care unit as primary clinician to oversee 30-45 patients daily that are hospitalized for post-op monitoring, DKAS, renal failure, toxicities, IMHAs, auto-immune disorders, internal medicine cases, and critical care patients
- Rotated through dental rotation with a boarded dentist
- Observed and performed routine complete oral health assessments and treatments on feline and canine patients
- Observed mandilectomies, jaw repairs, and various oral surgical procedures
- Rotated through outpatient services where routine wellness appointments including vaccines, dermatology appointments, and preventative health care on feline and canine patients occurred
- Rotated through exotics rotation and conducted foreign body removal surgery on ferret, limp amputation as well as cryptorchid surgery on rabbits
- Completed physical exams, preventative health care including dental procedures and routine spays and neuters, and sick appointments on small mammals including primates, amphibians, reptiles, and snakes
- Observed and performed abdominal and cardiac ultrasounds under the direct supervision of an ultrasonographic specialist.
Small Animal Emergency And Critical Care Student Assistant
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
02.2017 - 04.2020
- Prepped patients for surgery including giving pre-medications, surgical site sterilization, and equipment sterilization for various medical procedures
- Adhered to high standards of safety, cleanliness and professionalism
- Restrained and managed scared and active animals for veterinary procedures
- Observed emergency procedures such as chest tube placements, central line-placements, and stabilization of emergency patients
- Prepared, processed and analyzed lab samples
- Operated diagnostic equipment such as radiographic and ultrasound equipment, hematology equipment and others
- Educated the community about responsible pet ownership and wildlife care including preventative care and maintenance of small animals
- Recorded feline/canine temperature, heart rate and lung sounds
- Assisted veterinarian with treatment of wounds, injection administration, and medical procedures of in-patients
- Aided in humane euthanasia of injured/sick wildlife
- Performed CPR on critical patients
- Administered various treatments for hospitalized critical patients
- Collected blood, fecal, and urine samples for diagnostics.
Large Animal Emergency Student Assistant
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
05.2019 - 01.2020
- Adhered to high standards of safety around various species (camelids, equids, swine, caprine, and bovine)
- Administered hourly treatments to all in-patients of various species
- Strengthened basic handling skills of these animals
- Monitored critical and isolation cases overnight (equids and farm animals mostly)
- Conducted physical exams on various species of patients (camelids, equids, swine, caprine, and bovine)
- Monitored neonatal foals in the intensive care unit
- Aided in blood transfusions of failure of passive transfer cases
- Prepped and assisted with patients undergoing surgical procedures
- Aided in dystocias and other medical emergencies that presented to UTCVM including laceration repairs, colic work ups, and others
- Established a working knowledge of large animal clinical skills.
Education
Internship In Emergency/ General Practice -
Rotating Small Animal Intern - Neel Veterinary Hospital
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma07.2022
D.V.M In Veterinary Medicine -
University of Tennessee College Of Vet Medicine
Knoxville, TN05.2021
Bachelor's of Science In Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine -
The University of Tennessee - Martin
Martin, TN01.2017
High School Diploma -
Fairview High School
Fairview, TN01.2014
Certification
- Fear Free Certified
- Recover CPR Certified
- Tennessee Doctor of Veterinary Medicine License
- DEA License
Timeline
Emergency Clinician
Veterinary Emergency Group
06.2023 - Current
Emergency Clinician
Animal Emergency and Specialty Center Chattanooga
07.2022 - 06.2023
Small Animal Rotating Intern
Neel Veterinary Hospital
06.2021 - 07.2022
Large Animal Emergency Student Assistant
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
05.2019 - 01.2020
Small Animal Emergency And Critical Care Student Assistant
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
02.2017 - 04.2020
Internship In Emergency/ General Practice -
Rotating Small Animal Intern - Neel Veterinary Hospital
D.V.M In Veterinary Medicine -
University of Tennessee College Of Vet Medicine
Bachelor's of Science In Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine -
The University of Tennessee - Martin
High School Diploma -
Fairview High School
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