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Attendees will learn how to repurpose everyday supplies and build customized training manikins for CPR, phlebotomy, and foundational anesthesia. Guided step-by-step and supported by optional EVT-designed components, participants will leave with a functional model and a framework for ongoing team-based training.

Great training does not happen in isolation. It happens when teams come together to build, practice, and refine skills with purpose. This interactive session shifts the mindset from do-it-yourself to do-it-together, empowering participants to create impactful, hands-on training tools using materials already available in practice.

Learning Objectives

• Build a customized CPR and anesthesia training manikin
• Repurpose in-practice materials into effective training tools
• Apply team-based approaches to skill development
• Recognize when external resources enhance outcomes
• Strengthen training culture within the veterinary team

Ready to level up your “stick” and own the vein with confidence? This hands-on, high-impact workshop takes you from venipuncture essentials to advanced vascular access techniques, including IV catheter placement, central lines, and PICC lines. We focus on what really matters in practice: smart decision-making, clean technique, and navigating those tough “pokes”.

Attendees will train using EVTraining veins to build true-to-life skills, repetition, and muscle memory that carry straight into patient care. This is about more than placing lines; it’s about stepping into your full clinical value, improving patient outcomes, and showing what empowered veterinary professionals can do.

Learning Objectives:

• Improve first-stick success in venipuncture and peripheral IVC placement
• Identify when to escalate from peripheral access to central lines and PICC lines
• Troubleshoot common challenges such as difficult veins and repeated failed attempts
• Advocate for VA/CrVT utilization to improve patient safety and team efficiency