Description
Key Skills:
By the end of this workshop delegates will:
- Assist in selection of anaesthesia protocols for patients of varying health status and disease states
- Understand the function and application of anaesthesia monitoring equipment
- Recognise an anaesthetic crisis and be able to act in an emergency
- Efficiently perform Initial triage and stabilisation of emergent patients
- Confidently perform Basic and Advanced life support using the RECOVER gold standard CPR techniques
This workshop is accredited for 7 NZVNA CPD points.
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
Attending this workshop will enable vet nurses to increase their skills and confidence when administering anaesthesia and analgesia to everyday patients, from young and healthy animals to those compromised by disease, to emergency patients. The nurses will be taught the RECOVER CPR guidelines, the first true evidence-based CPR guidelines for vet professionals.
Accommodation
There are 2 suggested accommodation options which are a 5 minute drive from the workshop venue and 15 minutes to Auckland airport, including:
Event Details
Date: November 07, 2025
End time: 17:00 NZDT
Venue: Kahuvet Education Centre, Wiri, Auckland
Coordinates: -37.004418, 174.866307
Directions: 23 Ash Road, Wiri, Auckland 2104
