After our international camp in February, March saw us a
little closer to home with Lilu from Galati,
Romania. She
wanted to learn and develop some nursing skills to help her in her volunteer
work with local charity Help Labus and Swiss Charity Susy Utzinger Siftung fur Tiershutz.
Lilu worked with
Ruth Osborne to learn about preparation of the animal before surgery,
intubation, care of surgical equipment, administering medication via various
routes, IV catheterisation, normal physiological parameters and effects of
anaesthesia, and monitoring the patient including post surgery.
Lilu was fighting a nasty cold while she was with us but
soldiered on regardless and was able to prepare and care for a dog through the
whole sterilisation surgery process without assistance.
We hope to see Lilu
develop her skills with experience. There is no internationally recognised
nursing qualification in Romania
and there is a real need for trained nurses so The Veterinary Training Camp was
pleased to offer our first scholarship. We look forward to seeing Lilu in
action in sterilisation campaigns in the future and look forward to helping her
further her knowledge and training.
