Do girls dominate the vet scene?

Laf1980
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:58:28 +0000

Individualized - She was posed a problem about a dog in cardiac arrest. Luckily, she had experienced this problem where she worked as a vet tech. Two days before Christmas last year, a family brought in a three year old Golden Retriever in cardiac arrest. The staff there did their very best, but unfortunately, the dog was D.O.A. My D described the procedures used in attempting to revive the goldie, and in her office, it was the duty of the vet tech to console the distraught family during a very difficult time. She described her attempts at consolation, and the incident’s affect on the other patients and families in the waiting room. She recommended that grief counseling be taught in vet school.

This incident was particularly traumatic for my D since we have an 10 year old goldie at home that is very similar to the one that died that day. They are particularly close. Later that day she called home in tears to make sure that our dog was O.K.