City: Kelowna
State: British Columbia
Hospital Name: Fairfield Animal Hospital
Job Type: Veterinary Extern
Employment Type: Externship
Description & Requirements
Fairfield Animal Hospital is the only 24-hour emergency animal hospital in the BC Southern Interior. We are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays. We do not book routine appointments such as vaccine updates, spays or neuters; we operate solely on an emergency triage basis.
We currently utilize Ultrasound (Afast/Tfast), CT, Digital radiography and in-house lab (including blood gases, coag panels) for the majority of our diagnostics. Our technical team is highly skilled and motivated, the majority of the team is trained in Recover CPR and teamwork is our focus.
An externship experience at an Ethos Emergency Hospital gives students real-life clinical experience in an emergency and critical care setting, and the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills while working alongside experienced clinicians, criticalists (site dependent), and/or current interns and residents. Hands-on skills that may be practiced or observed include TPR’s, examinations, anesthesia, surgical procedures, catheterization, ultrasound, and other diagnostic procedures as available.
Most externship experiences range from two to eight weeks depending on student and hospital schedules. Externships at Fairfield Animal Hospital are offered to 3rd and 4th year veterinary students.