Sara Calabrese
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
To obtain a position in a veterinary facility where I can utilize my skills, knowledge, and experience to provide quality care.
Licensed veterinary technician skilled in animal care, diagnostic procedures, and surgical assistance. Known for strong teamwork and adaptability, ensuring reliable support and effective collaboration. Expertise in patient monitoring, administering medications, and maintaining medical records, with focus on achieving excellent outcomes in veterinary settings.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
06.2024 - Current
- Monitor and appropriately document patient vital signs and activity
- Provide support to all veterinarians, often assisting more than one
- Provide diagnostic, surgical, and nursing care to all patients
- Perform basic, emergent, and critical care anesthetic monitoring
- Obtain and prepare samples for diagnostic testing, including but not limited to blood draws, arterial blood gas sampling, cystocentesis, urinary catheter sampling, and free-catch urine
- Perform various laboratory procedures including but not limited to blood typing, cross-matching, and slide agglutination testing
- Accurately take and process abdominal, thoracic, appendicular, spinal, and skull radiographs while following appropriate radiation safety protocols
- Properly use and maintain medical equipment
- Provide professional client communication
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Las Vegas Veterinary Specialty Center
01.2017 - 06.2024
- As an LVT, I have directly handled inpatient and outpatient care, working hand-in-hand with veterinarians from across multiple fields of study
- A few basic skills I have accumulated across my career as an LVT are assisting in the exam rooms by recording symptoms and documented medical observations to inform treatment decisions, obtaining vital signs, reviewing vaccine needs and preparing vaccines, collecting samples, and running diagnostic tests, and assisting with animal restraint
- I have facilitated my own appointments for procedures such as suture removals, certain vaccine administrations, bloodwork or other lab sample monitoring appointments, surgery admission/discharge, and patient care
- Educated clients about preventative care, proper nutrition, and other essential aspects of pet health to promote responsible pet ownership.
- LVTs play a key role in communicating with clients, other staff, and veterinarians in person and by phone for ongoing care, follow-up care, and patient monitoring
- Trained other LVTs in operations and procedures.
- Reduced errors in medication dispensing through diligent inventory management practices and careful tracking of controlled substances.
- Contributed to successful patient outcomes by closely monitoring vital signs during anesthesia administration for surgical procedures.
- As an LVT within the Oncology service, additional job responsibilities included excellent IV catheter placement, maintaining and trouble-shoot IV catheters and lines, strong math skills (drug and fluid calculations), administration of toxic chemotherapeutic drugs, performing CTs, and accurate radiograph acquisition
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Veterinary Technology
Pima Medical Institute
Las Vegas, NV01-2015
Skills
- Preventive care
- Patient monitoring
- IV catheter placement
- Sanitation protocols
- Emergency care
- Anesthesia administration
- Euthanasia procedures
- Radiology proficiency
- Laboratory testing
- Medical record-keeping
- Maintain controlled drug inventory
- Cytocentesis
License Information
LVT1057, 02/24/16
Timeline
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
06.2024 - Current
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Las Vegas Veterinary Specialty Center
01.2017 - 06.2024
Associate of Applied Science - Veterinary Technology
Pima Medical Institute
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