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There will be 2 orientation sessions for those volunteers in the 'Guardian' or 'Guardian-Surgery' role. These are HIGLLY recommended, especially if you didn't participate in a previous year
Orientation for other roles will be on-site
Spay Day will be held in the Gourley Clinical Teaching Center. It is located just west of the VMTH on Garrod Drive.
Here is a nice Campus Overview and a detailed map showing Gourley (labeled 'Vet Med Instructional Surgery'). Here's a link to Google Maps
We're trying to keep as many parking spaces close to the Gourley building as possible for clients with their animals. Please park in log 57 (the new lot north west of Gourley on West Health Science Drive
There are several reasons we're only doing dogs this year
Each animal scheduled for a Spay Day appointment will receive:
To volunteer for Spay Day, you must meet all of the following criteria:
There will essentially be 3 shifts: Saturday Afternoon, Sunday Morning, and Sunday afternoon. When you register, you'll be able to select which of those shifts you're available for (and how many TOTAL shifts you're willing to work).
As a rough guide the Saturday shift is 3 - 7 pm, Sunday morning 8 - 12 pm and afternoon 1 - 4 pm with clean up volunteers 3 - 5 pm. There will be slight variations based on the role you're in. For example, anesthesia and surgery techs will start earlier on Sunday than the receptionists.
Note: for those volunteers in the "Guardian" role, we're really hoping that you'll be willing to work concurrent shifts to provide continuity of care for a given animal.
We're still working out the details regarding how many people we'll need for each of the roles and for each of the shifts.
We appreciate the commitments of clinical rotations -- please include which rotation you'll be on in the 'Additional Experience' section of the registration form. We will attempt to work each of the services and confirm shifts with you.
Please indicate which shifts you would like to be considered for pending clinical obligations.
The goal of spay day is to provide a service to the community and the challenge is to spay and neuter a large number of animals safely and efficiently. Unlike most student and clinician interactions, where one of our main goals is to teach, in the interest of time students will not be performing any of the surgical procedures on spay day. Students will however, provide an important role as surgical assistants, allowing for the clinican to perform the surgeries faster and get through more cases. We appreciate everyones help on this day as it is a very important cause.
It depends on what skills you have... and how you're affiliated with the Vet School.
Undergraduates will not be able to act as guardians this year but there are a number of other jobs for them.
| Volunteer Type | Potential Roles (Subject to Change) |
| Central Service | Blood Analysis, Chipper/Vaccinator, Clean Up, Drug Preparation, Instrument Cleaning |
| Other | Cage Cleaning, Chipper/Vaccinator, Clean Up, Drug Preparation, Guardian, Guardian-Surgery, Induction Floater, Instrument Cleaning, Kennel Director, Organizer, Packet stuffer, Patient Tracker, Registration / Volunteer Check In, Set Up, Tech Support (Computers), Volunteer Check-In |
| Packet Stuffer | Packet stuffer |
| Receptionist/Cashier | Packet stuffer, Patient Tracker, Registration / Volunteer Check In, Volunteer Check-In |
| Tech Support (Computers) | Clean Up, General Assistant, Organizer, Patient Tracker, Tech Support (Computers) |
| Vet Aide | Cage Cleaning, Clean Up, Induction Floater, Instrument Cleaning, Kennel Director, Patient Tracker, Registration / Volunteer Check In, Set Up, Surgery Tech, Volunteer Check-In |
| Vet Student 2009 | Anesthesia-Maint, Assistant Surgeon, Chipper/Vaccinator, Discharge, Guardian, Guardian-Surgery, Media Rep, PAR - Student |
| Vet Student 2010 | Anesthesia-Maint, Assistant Surgeon, Blood Analysis, Chipper/Vaccinator, Clean Up, Discharge, Guardian, Guardian-Surgery, Induction Floater, Kennel Director, Media Rep, Organizer, PAR - Student, Surgery Tech |
| Vet Student 2011 | Cage Cleaning, Chipper/Vaccinator, Clean Up, Discharge, Guardian, Guardian-Surgery, Kennel Director, Organizer, PAR - Student |
| Vet Student 2012 | Cage Cleaning, Chipper/Vaccinator, Clean Up, Discharge, Guardian, Guardian-Surgery, Induction Floater, Kennel Director, Organizer, Surgery Tech |
| Veterinarian | Anesthesia-Induction, Blood Draw, Chipper/Vaccinator, Discharge Clinician, Drug Preparation, Organizer, PAR - Clinician, Physical Exams, Surgeon, Tech Support (Computers) |
| Veterinary Technician | Anesthesia-Induction, Anesthesia-Maint, Blood Analysis, Blood Draw, Cage Cleaning, Chipper/Vaccinator, Discharge, Drug Preparation, General Assistant, Guardian, Guardian-Surgery, Instrument Cleaning, Kennel Director, PAR - Tech, Registration / Volunteer Check In, Surgery Tech |
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| Role | Description (Subject to Change) |
| Chipper/Vaccinator | Microchip and vaccinate all animals while under anesthesia. |
| Discharge | Goes over discharge instructions with owner and ensures that they have submitted all necessary paperwork for Avid registration |
| Drug Preparation | Draw up all premeds and induction agents for anesthesia. |
| Guardian | Ensures the safety of the animal as it proceeds from registration all the way through discharge. You will ensure that nothing bad will happen to this animal. |
| Guardian-Surgery | This is a special version of the guardian created for the Sunday morning shift. |
| Kennel Director | Responsible for knowing the status of all animals in a given ward or room. Know which animals are still pending for surgery and which are ready to go home. |
| Packet stuffer | People to add all documentation to the animal's packet |
| Patient Tracker | People in this role will be using bar code scanners to scan the animals (or their information packets) as they move throughout the hospital. This way, we'll know exactly where patients are at all times. |
| Registration / Volunteer Check In | Checks in volunteers, clients, and their animals |
| Set Up | People in this role will be responsible for helping get things set up on Saturday afternoon in the surgery and anesthesia areas. |
| Surgery Tech | Prepare surgical areas, prep tables, open supplies aseptically. |
| Tech Support (Computers) | Make sure that all of the computers, printers, and bar code readers are working properly. Assist with tracking animals as they move throughout VMLF. |
| Volunteer Check-In | Ensure that all volunteers are checked in to the system and that they have signed their liability waivers. |
If you have any questions about volunteering for Spay Day 2009 at UC Davis, please send an email to cmbrandt@ucdavis.edu