RACE APPROVED: 1.0 Hours for Vet Techs & Vets

Pain Management in the ECC patient (RACE 1.0 hrs)

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ECC patients are not always able to display signs of pain, as their demeanour is altered, making it difficult to assess and treat pain.  Sometimes the animal will come in screaming in pain and trying to bite – but this is not always the case.  As great members of the ECC team, it is important to recognise and treat pain as we see it.  All analgesics have side effects, so of the major drugs will be covered, what the side effects are and see how they can be limited, avoid or treated as required.  


RACE 1.0 Hours for Vet Techs & Vets
RACE Program #: 20-1297879
RACE Provider #: 50-36598
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Meet the Instructor

Anita Parkin, RVN, AVN, Diploma (Surgery & ECC), VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia),
CVPP, TAE

Anita has been a veterinary nurse for over 30 years. Working in a general practice for the first 10 years and joining Veterinary Specialist Services (VSS) in 2001. 

In 2017, VSS opened their 3rd practice to which Anita managed before moving into her current role of Employment Engagement Officer of all four VSS’s sites.

Anita has kept her Australian qualifications current including her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing, Diploma in Surgery and ECC, and is an Accredited Vet Nurse and a Registered Vet Nurse through the Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia (VNCA). Anita’s overseas qualifications include obtaining a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) in 2012 through the IVAPM (International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management) and Veterinary Technician Specialty (VTS) in Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2009.

She is also the proud recipient of the Dr Steve Haskin’s scholarship award in 2018, and the Vet Nurse of the Year through the VNCA 2022 and the Dr Earl Rippie scholarship award in 2024.  

Currently Anita is the President of the AVTAA, is on the VNCA’s board of directors and is also on the VSS conference committee, CPD committee (VNCA), conference committee (VNCA), executive board, and bylaws committee (AVTAA) and is the Chair of the National Industry Advisory Group (NIAG) Australia.

In Anita’s spare time, she likes to relax on the couch with her fur babies.

You can reach Anita: nurses.in.training.2025@gmail.com
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