New Bolton Center Seeking Foal Sitters for NICU

Foal-sitting duties include holding foals upright when they are lying down, assisting staff as they stand and turn foals, milking mares and storing the milk, monitoring equipment for alarms, changing bedding, and more.
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The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) New Bolton Center is recruiting volunteers to assist veterinarians and staff in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during foaling season.

Registration to be a volunteer “foal sitter” takes place in December, with an orientation to follow in January. Foal sitting volunteer shifts start in February and go through June. For more information and to register, email foalsitters@nicuvet.com.

New Bolton Center enlists more than 90 foal sitters each year, about half of them returning volunteers. Some foal sitters have participated for years, and include local horse owners and enthusiasts, as well as university and high school students. Foal sitters must be at least 16 years old. Second-year Penn Vet students also foal sit for five shifts of six hours each as part of an elective course.

“The foal sitters are very important,” said Jon Palmer, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, chief of the NICU and director of perinatal/neonatal programs. “To deliver the level of intensive care that we do, we need help. Foal sitters are vital to our operation

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