When it comes to veterinary patient care, blood pressure is seldom included in a routine preventive physical examination. Brenda Tassava, CVPM, CVJ, VLCE, discusses the benefits, challenges and establishing protocols. This is a great topic for a team meeting.
Source: Veterinary Team Brief, October 2018. Link. Take Action notes:
- As a team, consider cases where BP measurement could improve patient care and then decide whether to include it as part of any routine examinations.
- If the choice is made to include BP measurement, write a new practice protocol that sets out specifically:
- Which patients will be included and why
- Who will perform the testing and how they will be trained
- How much will be charged for the test
- How to communicate the recommendation to clients
- Implementation