Description
Delegates attending this workshop have a special opportunity to gain essential confidence at recognising and preventing the top avoidable anaesthetic errors in small animals – an absolute MUST for today’s veterinary nurses in practice.
Key Skills:
- Be able to rapidly identify anaesthesia machine, circuit, and equipment faults before they harm our patient
- Understand and confidently apply knowledge of anaesthesia depth and minimum alveoli concentration to different ages, patient sizes and health statuses
- Gain a sound knowledge of intubation techniques, tricky intubations skills and correct cuff inflation, while readily identifying capnography waveforms in small animals
Speaker Biography
Marcia Fletcher
RVNS, Dip VN (Dist), VTS – Anesthesia and Analgesia. Director and founder of The Pink Stethoscope
Marcia Fletcher is a registered veterinary nurse specialist and an international speaker on veterinary anaesthesia. She worked for the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital as the senior anaesthesia nurse for over 16 years. Her patients ranged vastly in size, and included small animals, avian, large animals, equine and exotic patients. In 2011 she became New Zealand’s first Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. She has been New Zealand’s “Vet Nurse of the Year”, and been awarded several teaching awards, including “Teacher of the Year” for veterinary technicians. Marcia is also a RECOVER certified instructor of basic and advanced CPR. In 2020 she left university life to create “The Pink Stethoscope” and independently provide postgraduate veterinary anaesthesia education. Loving all aspects of teaching, her passion has always been to share and impart anaesthesia knowledge to both veterinarians and veterinary technicians and nurses. Marcia currently teaches veterinary anaesthesia throughout New Zealand and Australia, and also delivers webinars for her wider audience around the world. Away from work she enjoys her home life with her husband, daughter, son and very special “fur-daughter” Minnie the cat.
Value to your practice
Whether you are a seasoned professional or only a few years graduated, vet nurses attending this workshop will learn essential grounding skills in key areas of anaesthesia with Marcia Fletcher.
Accommodation
There are 2 suggested accommodation options which are a 5 minute drive from the workshop venue and 15 minutes to Auckland airport, including:
- Ramada Manukau
- The Sebel Manukau : The Sebel is pleased to offer a 12% discount on their Best Available Rate. Simply contact The Sebel directly and mention ‘Practical CPD Workshop – 12% off Best Available Rate’, and their team will apply the discount when processing your booking.
Event Details
Start date: July 17, 2026
End date: July 17, 2026
Start time: 08:30
End time: 17:00
Venue: Kahuvet Education Centre, Wiri, Auckland
Coordinates: -37.004418, 174.866307
Directions: Unit 2B, 23 Ash Road, Wiri, Auckland 2104
Phone: 0800 524 883
Email: info@practicalcpd.com
This workshop is accredited for 7 NZVNA CPD points.
