One Day Advance Class on Insectivorous Bat Rehabilitation

NOTE: Participation in this class is by invitation only, for students who have satisfactorily completed the one-day bat rehabilitation workshop and are actively rehabilitating bats.

In this one-day class, participants learn how to manage more complex cases, including long-term care, closed fracture stabilization, open fracture reduction and repair, wound care, anesthesia, and pain management.  Proof of rabies pre-exposure vaccination is required at the start of class.

Instructor: Kate Rugroden
Co-instructors: Lori Sanderson & Jacqui Sutherland

Date and Location:

Information: Contact Instructor Kate Rugroden: [email protected]
Limit: 6 students
Fee: $129.00

Topics covered in this workshop include:

• Long-term care
• Wound care
• Dental Care
  • Lab I – Dental cleaning and extraction
• Pain Management
• Anesthesia
• Closed fracture stabilization techniques
  • Lab II – closed fracture practice with cadavers
• Open fracture reduction and repair techniques
  • Lab III – open fracture practice with cadavers
• Preparing specimens for necropsy/rabies testing
  • Lab IV – specimen preparation with cadavers

Students receive a DVD with videos demonstrating procedures covered during the workshop, graphic handouts for fracture stabilization techniques, and an instrument set.