{"id":128146,"date":"2025-11-21T19:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarynurse.com\/?p=128146"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:14:38","slug":"answering-the-call-becky-irving-cvt-orchestrates-vital-search-and-rescue-efforts-for-her-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarynurse.com\/personal-professional-development\/answering-the-call-becky-irving-cvt-orchestrates-vital-search-and-rescue-efforts-for-her-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Answering the Call: Becky Irving, CVT, Orchestrates Vital Search and Rescue Efforts for Her Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Before Becky Irving, CVT, and her dog Quigley made it to their first search-and-rescue disaster response, she could sense they were a part of something special. \u201cWhen people are at their worst, it\u2019s amazing to see how they pull together to be their best,\u201d she said. \u201cFrom people<\/span> giving up their seats on the airplane for the dog to when you walk through the airport, people were handing you dog food, booties, gloves, and knee pads. When you got on scene, everybody was there to make sure that you and your dog were comfortable so that you could perform to your best ability.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Every day, veterinary nurses\/technicians make a positive impact on their clients, patients, coworkers, and greater community. But the stories behind each and every one of these professionals are often overlooked due to the selfless nature of working in veterinary medicine. Today\u2019s Veterinary Nurse<\/em> aims to shine a light on some of these stories with its Clinic Champions series. Each issue, TVN<\/em> will honor a veterinary nurse for their contributions in community service, scholarship, advocacy, or innovation. This series will highlight unsung heroes who make a lasting impact on their patients and community. At the end of the year, 1 of the 4 honorees will be recognized as the Clinic Champion of the Year. To nominate a veterinary nurse\/technician, visit bit.ly\/ClinicChampions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Irving proceeded to spend the next 4 days searching for bodies in the wreckage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City following the infamous bombing at that site in April of 1995. What started as the chance to give her newly adopted husky\/lab mix a sense of purpose turned into a passion that has held strong for more than 3 decades. This summer, Irving found herself in Texas to search for missing girls caught in devastating flooding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you see a family that is destroyed because of a lost loved one or their concern for someone who is missing\u2014whether it\u2019s someone with Alzheimer\u2019s, a little kid, a hunter\u2014they don\u2019t have the tools or resources to go out and try to look for them,\u201d Irving said. \u201cThere is a community of people who are willing to get up in the middle of the night, miss work, take vacation days to go out and help bring that person back home or recover somebody who is deceased.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n