Our Services Include:
RECOVER CPR Training
BDVS can provide this globally recognized, evidence-based set of guidelines for performing CPR on animals, developed by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.
Basic Life Support (BLS)
This is the first and most critical step—what you do immediately when a patient arrests.
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Once BLS is underway, ALS focuses on drugs, monitoring, and treating underlying causes.
Team Utilization
BDVS can evaluate your team and practice and offer guidance on Workflow, Role Optimization, Identify Bottlenecks, and redesign schedules to create a more efficiently run practice and ensure your entire team is fully utilizing their specific skill set.
These changes can help your practice improve work flows, efficiency, patient care and revenue.
Nursing Skills Training
Veterinary nursing skills training is structured, hands-on education designed to help both veterinary technicians and assistants perform skills safely and confidently.
BDVS can provide training in areas such as anesthesia, vascular access, nursing care, and emergency procedures.
Nursing skills training is the backbone of team utilization, creating safety for patients through high-performing teams.
Brown Dog Veterinary Services can create a customized plan to help your practice learn life-saving techniques for your technicians, including anesthesia training and other life-saving skills.
Who we are
We Save Pets’ Lives, and train others to do the same.
Founder Erin Spencer, M.Ed.,CVT, VTS(ECC) is an experienced and caring provider of RECOVER CPR, nursing training, staff utilization, and consulting to veterinary practices and their staff.
Erin is a Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and a Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in Emergency and Critical Care. Her career includes roles in management, teaching, and running field clinics in underserved Native American communities.
With the launch of Brown Dog Veterinary Solutions, she provides training and consulting to veterinary practices in New England.
Erin speaks nationwide on clinical and non-clinical topics and has published multiple articles and authored book chapters on veterinary critical care.
Qualifications:
In addition to the above:
Erin holds a Master’s in Adult Education.
Is President Elect for PrideVMC
Immediate Past President for the Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Technicians (AVECCTN)
Past President of both NAVTA (National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America and the MA Veterinary Technician Association.
Has served on various committees within the above organizations and others such as the AVMA (American Veterinarian Medical Association)
Currently Serves as Legislation & Advocacy committee chair for both the NH and MA Veterinary Technician Associations.
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