We are a small animal general practice and emergency practice. The primary case load is cats and dogs with occasional pocket pets (guinea pigs, rabbits) and birds. Daily cases range from routine preventative medicine to emergency intervention, surgery, and hospitalization. The facility includes dental suite, surgical suite, access to digital x-ray, dental x-rays, and ultrasound.
This externship is offered as an opportunity for students to gain experience working in both general practice with exposure to emergency cases in the state of Hawaii. Our goal is to help students gain confidence with seeing a variety of cases and encouraging them to come up with and develop diagnostic and treatment plans.
At our practice, we see both general wellness and emergency/urgent care appointments. Urgent care appointments can vary from ear/skin infections up to vomiting, lethargy, diarrhea and so forth. Emergency walk ins may include anything from heat stroke, bufo toxicity to hit by car. A daily schedule may include a variety of wellness, urgent care, occasional walk in emergencies and scheduled dental/surgical procedures. Case load can vary from seven to fourteen patients a day. We are well equipped to handle a variety of appointments with urgent care/emergency on top of our surgical procedures.
Students will be assigned to a DVM to shadow throughout the day. This may include helping to obtain vitals and a history on cases and discussing exam findings, diagnostic plan, and treatment plan with the veterinarian. Students may also be asked to assist in the restraint of patients, drawing blood, placement of IV catheters, and administration of medications.
Schedule: 40 hrs/wk, avg 8-10 hour shifts
Days: Weekday, weekend, and holidays
Shift times between 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
94-485 Koaki Street
Waipah, HI 96797
United States