Veterinary Technician Nevada

Emergency rooms for animals need veterinary emergency critical care technicians. You've seen them in action on Animal Planet; now join them by earning your vet-tech degree.

Local Companies

Animal Emergency Center
(702)4578050
3340 E Patrick Ln
Las Vegas, NV
Civic Center Pet Clinic
(702)6422625
2500 E Lake Mead Blvd
N Las Vegas, NV
Creature Comforts Animal Hospital
(702)6587339
5741 Skypoint Dr
Las Vegas, NV
Abyzaby Pet Sitting
(702) 271-3563
3824 Liberator
Las Vegas, NV
Trop-Aquarium Maintenance Co
(702) 458-2981
3125 E Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas, NV
Hap-E-Dog Natural Food & Barkery
(702) 614-4381
10960 S Eastern Ave Ste
Henderson, NV
Hap-E-Dog Natural Food &
(702) 614-4381
10960 S Eastern Ave Ste 103
Henderson, NV
At Your Service Pet Supplies, LLC
(702) 982-4324
55 S Valle Verde Dr Ste
Las Vegas, NV
The Soggy Dog
(702) 452-3647
1450 W Horizon Ridge
Las Vegas, NV
Haute Diggity Dog
(702) 257-0213
3230 Polaris Ave Ste 23
Las Vegas, NV

Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Technicians: Saving Animal Lives
by Emily Kerr

Emergency rooms for animals need veterinary emergency critical care technicians. Similar to the way nurses and medical assistants help surgeons, vet-techs help veterinarians perform emergency procedures on various species of animal. This may include prepping patients, developing x-rays, readying surgical equipment, and even discussing a pet's condition with its owner. If you love animals, what could be more rewarding than a career as an emergency veterinary technician?

Veterinary Technician Education

Before you can become a licensed, certified, or registered emergency veterinary technician, you'll have to acquire a number of specialized skills. Furthermore, veterinary emergency critical care technicians must graduate from an approved veterinary technician program, which may include coursework in the following fields:

• medical terminology
•animal management and clinical skills
• animal care skills
• inorganic and organic chemistry
• anatomy and physiology
• microbiology
• veterinary diseases
• parasitology
• microbiology

Students in a veterinary technician program may also enjoy a number of related electives, such as animal behavior, aquatics, zoology, exotics, wildlife and ecology.

Job Outlook for Veterinary Technicians

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the job market for veterinary technicians should grow much faster than average through the year 2014. While salaries vary depending on setting and location, the median hourly wage for a vet-tech in 2004 was $11.99. Top earners in the field, which include emergency critical care technicians, made an estimated $17/hr that same year.

Source
Bureau of Labor Statistics

About the Author
Emily Kerr is a freelance writer with over 350 articles in print. She writes about topics from business to education and arts to animals and everything in between.

Featured Local Company

Animal Emergency Center

(702)4578050
3340 E Patrick Ln
Las Vegas, NV


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