MARY T BAGNALL
INGLESIDE, IL 60041
CRYSTAL LAKE ANIMAL HOSPITAL
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014
POSITION: Vet Tech(non certified) Assistant
DUTIES: Assist Drs.with surgery, appts, labwork, animal restraint, and hospitalization. prepare and read fecal floats, run in house bloodwork (vetest) or prepare samples for out of house testing. Pharmacy work, filling meds and logging of any required meds used that day, In charge of releasing animals after their procedures, including giving owner at home care instructions, what to watch for, who to contact after hours, etc.
maintain surgical call backs and note accordingly.
10/2005 TO 4/2006
RISER ANIMAL HOSPITAL
5355 W. TOUHY AVE.
SKOKIE, IL 60043
Position: Vet Tech (non certified) Assistant
DUTIES: Assist Drs. with day to day operations. Mornings were gathering info on incoming patients, getting them settled and prepped for surgery. ( we did alot of surgeries at this particular hospital.) Assist in surgery, monitor patient throughout procedure. Extubate patient and care for while in recovery. Assist with appointments, such as nail clips, ear cleaning,swabbing setting up samples for lab, i.e ear swabs, fecals,urine, blood smears etc. Pharmacy work.Patient communications. Stocking and keeping the hospital at the ready at all times for all events.
1995 TO 1996
TREEHOUSE
CHICAGO, IL
Position:Vet Assistant
Duties: Taking care of the 200 plus cats who reside at this no kill shelter. Morning rounds, feeding,medicating any residents who require it. Monitoring and taking note of each individual daily.
1991 TO 1994
USDA APHIS
ROSEMONT, IL 60036
Position: Animal Health Aid
Duties: animal health aid for quarantine (ostrich eggs), picking up eggs from airport, then to quarantine area for incubation, candling, and eventually hatch. duties after the hatch were general care and observation of babies, dissection of any bird who died in first month. Also in charge of quarantine, procedures, rules, and recordkeeping for that time.