Advanced Avian Techniques - Wet Lab

• Leaders: Christal Pollock (assisted by other conference speakers and MASAAV Executive Board to provide an instructor to student ration of 1 to 5 or better).

• Three contact hours

• Bring your scrubs/smock, scalpel handle for #15 blades, thumb forceps or fine small skin forceps, curved mosquito hemostats, small needle holders, otoscope w/ wide cone, stethoscope, iris scissors.

• Intravenous catheterization, fluid administration and bandaging

• Intraosseous catheterization, fluid administration and bandaging

• Bone marrow aspiration

• Bandaging the IO catheter

• Sinus aspirate and flushing

• Tracheal wash

• Crop lavage

• Air sac cannulation

• Obtaining blood for transfusion purposes

• Feather/skin biopsy

• Ingluviotomy or crop biopsy

• Doppler blood pressure monitoring