Hands-On Labs

Hands-On Training to Strengthen Skills and Confidence

Providing peaceful, compassionate euthanasia care requires technical skill, emotional awareness, and preparation. This 3-hour, hands-on workshop offers participants the opportunity to refine techniques and build confidence in a supportive, low-pressure environment. This workshop covers CAETA’s 14 Essential Components of Companion Animal Euthanasia, with practical instruction on sedation, communication, and multiple euthanasia injection routes using lifelike feline models.

Participants will:
• Practice intravenous (IV), intracardiac (IC), intrahepatic (IH), intrarenal (IR), and intraperitoneal (IP) injection techniques, plus the new intrathecal (ITh) route
• Strengthen communication skills for client support
• Learn to assess for pain or complications during euthanasia
• Discuss real-world case scenarios with the instructor
• Receive a kit with essential euthanasia supplies
• Observe memorialization and body handling techniques, with an emphasis on the importance of honoring the human-animal bond

Workshop Objectives
This interactive training builds proficiency in core euthanasia techniques to: 
✔ Ensure safe and smooth administration of euthanasia solutions 
✔ Minimize animal distress and procedural complications 
✔ Promote compassionate, respectful care at the end of life

Grow your skillset. Build your confidence. Enhance the quality of your end-of-life care at New York Vet Show!

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Practice multiple euthanasia injection routes using lifelike feline models:

IV, IC, IH IR, IP, ITh