Certified Veterinary Technician Webinars

Webinars are a way to help busy Minnesota certified veterinary technicians obtain CE credits without having to leave work or home. These are free online one-hour CVT-only webinars. Attendees will receive 1 interactive and medical CE credit. Space is limited! WebEx software will be used to conduct the webinar. Join a test meeting now to ensure your device is set-up properly.
*Access to the webinar must occur with a device that has a speaker in order to hear the presentation.

CVT Webinar during Veterinary Technician Week-October 15-21, 2023

Friday, October 20 from 12 pm - 1 pm
CPR Basics: When the Beat Stops
Utilizing the RECOVER guidelines as a foundation, I will discuss the steps of basic CPR while also touching on some of the advanced techniques associated with monitoring these cases. Objectives include defining and identifying the goal of CPR, the importance of a timely ABC assessment, providing adequate compressions, ensuring appropriate ventilation, and the importance of the team approach.

Speaker: Chrissy Damitz, CVT, VTS (ECC), Anesthesia Technician, AERC of MN
Chrissy Damitz currently works at AERC of MN, a 24-hour emergency and specialty hospital, as an anesthesia technician. She graduated from Ridgewater Technical College in 2000, going directly into emergency medicine where she pursued her veterinary technician specialty in emergency and critical care. Chrissy has primarily worked in emergency/specialty, with brief stints in general practice and a veterinary medical device company, until she joined the anesthesia department at AERC, approximately 6 years ago.