Unit One:
- Terminology
- Aseptic technique
- Facility cleanliness and orderliness
- Health hazards in the veterinary practice
- Transporting an injured animal
- Unconscious animals and CPR
- Trauma
- Bleeding
- Labored breathing
- The inability to urinate or defecate
- Bloat (GDV) or distended abdomen
- Poisoning
- Heat stroke and hypothermia
- Diarrhea and vomiting
- Dystocia
- Seizures
- General knowledge of rabies
- Five steps to handling upset clients
- Five steps to handling telephone confrontation
- The art of dealing with upset clients over the phone
- The human/animal bond
- Handling sharps containers
- Identifying animal breeds: canine, feline
- Avian handling and restraint
- Handling small animals
- Basic vaccination schedule
- Taking patient histories
- Receiving food and inventory products
- Knowledge of current products on the market
- Zoonotic diseases
- Anatomical directions and species
- Mammary glands
- OSHA: injury, MSDS, fire safety plan
- Veterinary emergency
- Standard abbreviation for medical records
Unit Two:
- Safety in the exam room
- Another set of eyes and hands for the Doctor
- Client education
- Normal temperature, pulse, respiratory and CRT measurements
- Suture removal
Unit Three:
- Basic blood collection
- Appropriate blood handling procedures
- CBC-complete blood count
- Flea and tick control
- ID of common ectoparasites
- Immune system
- Heartworm snap test
- Heartworm testing
- ID of common endoparasites
- Intestinal parasite identification
- Microbiology
- Basic evaluation of EKG
- Performing and evaluating EKG
- Mastitis testing
- Urinalysis
Unit Four:
- Radiology
- Darkroom procedures
- Maintaining the radiological log
- Positioning for radiology
- Technique charts
- Cleaning screens
- Ultrasonography
Unit Five:
- Bathing and dipping
- Safety in the kennel
- The importance of proper environment
- Cleaning agents
- Cleaning and disinfecting
- Care and materials in the bedding areas
- Animal feeding
- Kennel maintenance
- ID of animal restraints and equipment
- Basic disease transmission
- Contagious or contaminated areas
- Cleaning cages, exam rooms, floors
- Immune-suppressed animals, neonates, geriatrics
Unit Six:
- Basic animal care
- Avian wing trim
- Avian beak and nail trim
- Basic animal care procedures for pocket pets
Unit Seven:
- Surgical preparation of patient, surgery room
- Steam, gas and cold sterilization procedures
- Autoclave
- Safety in the surgical suite
- Care of the newborn
- Anesthetic equipment prep and patient monitoring
- Basic knowledge of CPR
- Anesthesia monitoring
- Post-surgical care
- Anesthesia monitoring
- Preanesthetic phase
- Anesthetic induction
- Anesthetic maintenance and machine basics
- Anesthetic recovery
Unit Eight:
- Restraining cats and dogs
- Administering enemas
- Bandages, splints, slings
- Giving medications
- Caring for wounds
- Advances in veterinary dentistry
- Aging puppies and kittens based on dentition
- Basic anatomy of a tooth
- Home dental care
- Polishing teeth
- Dental scaling procedure
- Dental exam
- Dental prophylaxis
- Choosing the right food
- How often to feed a pet
- Basic nutrition
- Emergency protocols
- CPR procedures
- Responding to seizures
- Responding to GDV
- Responding to poison
- Responding to heat stroke
- Responding to dystocia
- Responding to bleeding
- Responding to trauma
- Responding to the inability to urinate
- Orphan animal care
- Puppies: newborn and orphans
- Puppies: weaning
- Puppies: chewing
- Puppies: crate and paper training
- Puppies: exercise and obedience training
- Anal gland expression
- Topical drug administration
- Ear cleaning
- Basic grooming techniques
- Subcutaneous fluid therapy
- IV fluid therapy
- Marking and tattooing animals
- Physical therapy
- Eyes
- Bedding preparation
- Care of the recumbent patient
- Keeping he patient clean and dry
- Intramuscular injections
- IV catheter placement
- IV catheter precautions and complications
- Maintain pharyngostomy tubes
- Tube feeding
Unit Nine:
- Prescription labels and abbreviations
- Filling a prescription
- Recognizing general groups of drugs
- Controlled substances
- Safety in the laboratory
- Syringe use and disposal
- Route of administration of drugs
Unit Ten:
- Admitting and discharging medical patients
- Organizational skills
- Basic math and computer skills
- Customer service skills
- Check-out procedures
- Admitting and discharging medical patients