Upcoming CE Events

CVMA Fall Seminar at the Resort at Squaw Creek

October 8–10, 2021 | 12 CEUs for veterinarians and 8 CEUs for technicians and CVMA CVAs.

For more information, see page 12.

Sponsored by

Sexual Harassment Prevention Education and Training

November 1 and November 9, 2021

1 CEU for non-supervisors | 2 CEUs for supervisors

For more information, see page 37.

CAVMRC Disaster Response Training in Santa Rosa

November 7, 2021 | 7.5 CEUs

IN-PERSON

For more information, see page 22.

Menacing Methicillin-Resistant Staph: Getting Under the Skin, How to Manage and Prevent Bacterial Resistance

December 1, 2021 | 5:30 PM–6:45 PM (1.5 CEUs)

December 7, 2021 | 12:30 PM–1:45 PM (1.5 CEUs)

For more information, see page 37.

CVMA Spring Seminar in Yosemite

March 11–13, 2022 | 12 CEUs for veterinarians

For more information, see page 20.

IN-PERSON

Registration opens October 16, 2021.

Sponsored by

2022 Pacific Veterinary Conference in San Francisco

June 2–5, 2022 | 28.5 CEUs

IN-PERSON

Registration opens in November. Watch your email for more information.

Registration for all CVMA events can be made online by logging onto cvma.net or by calling 800.655.2862.

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On August 30th, as the Caldor Fire was raging from Placerville to South Lake Tahoe, causing thousands to evacuate their homes, the CVMA deployed its California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC) at the request of the state to aid animals displaced or injured in the disaster.

The CAVMRC is the largest voluntary veterinary medical disaster relief group in the country, with over 2,600 volunteers. The CAVMRC’s purpose is to provide free veterinary medical care to animals in emergency shelters during declared disaster responses. Our volunteers consist of veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, and veterinary students, with a passion for helping animals in disaster situations.

The CAVMRC came into existence in 2009, and thus far, all of our deployments have been to wildfire zones. As of our September 17th press date, the Caldor fire has burned over 200,000 acres and destroyed over 1,000 structures and caused more than 40,000 people in its path to evacuate. The fire is now 71% contained, the majority of evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes, and we have completed our deployment.

Here at the offi ce, when the CAVMRC was called to deploy, Dr. Grant Miller—the CVMA’s Director of Regulatory Aff airs and CAVMRC’s State Coordinator—worked with the CVMA’s Kristen Calderon and Jennifer Smith to scramble our volunteers to El Dorado County Animal Services in Diamond Springs, California, the base of operations for small animal relief eff orts for the Caldor Fire. Large animal relief stations were set up in Placerville and Plymouth. Over the 19 days of deployment, CAVMRC Deputy Coordinator Dr. Jay Kerr and Region 4 Coordinator Dr. Noel Dybdal headed up eff orts on the ground, along with fi eld coordinators Dr. Jeff Smith and Dr. Karen Krstich directing 67 CAVMRC volunteers, who worked a total of 1,228 hours treating a variety of animal species. We are truly grateful for the Herculean work of our volunteers, who dropped everything on little more than a moment’s notice, putting their own work, schedules, and personal lives on hold to help communities in need. Volunteer participation can be a literal matter of life or death for rescued animals, and means the world to local offi cials and animal owners alike.

As California’s wildfire season becomes longer and more intense, the CAVMRC’s work will become even more important in the years to come. To that end, we are exploring options for the purchase of a mobile command center: a recreational vehicle that we will build out to serve as both (1) a singular means to transport needed medications and supplies to disaster areas and (2) a centralized hub from which we can direct efforts once we reach those areas. Overall, a mobile command center will allow us to effectuate a speedier, more effective response when we are called upon by relevant authorities to serve.

How does the CAVMRC get funded? Well, I’m glad you asked! The CAVMRC is supported by donations made to the California Veterinary Medical Foundation, and those donations are essential to CAVMRC’s continuing operations. If you wish to make such a donation, please go to cvmf.net/how-to-help, and follow the prompts. Donations of any amount are appreciated, and will directly assist our efforts to support animal well-being during wildfires and other disasters. Similarly, if you wish to be a CAVMRC volunteer, please visit cavmrc. net to obtain more information.

By the time you read this, the Caldor fire may be over, but the CAVMRC’s work will remain, both this season and next. Whenever we are called upon to assist, we will be ready!

Dan Baxter, Executive Director