Anaesthetic Monitoring of veterinary patients

Understand how to monitor anaesthesia, what to monitor pre-, peri- and post-operatively and the importance of recording trends throughout anaesthesia.

Course Type:

• Short Course. Self paced lessons that should take up to 6 hours to complete

Key learning outcomes:

1. Preparation for anaesthesia, patient evaluation and risk classification
2. What and how to monitor anaesthesia
3. Anaesthetic complications

Course Overview

Lesson 1: Monitoring Anaesthesia

• Planes and stages of anaesthesia
• Monitoring of central nervous system reflexes
• Guide to eye position and pupil size
• Monitoring the cardiovascular system
• Monitoring the respiratory system
• Capnometry

The Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Lesson 2: General Anaesthesia

• Introduction to anaesthesia
• Patient examination and assessment pre-op
• Pathology tests
• Surgical and risk classifications
• Patient anaesthetic risk classification
• Premedication
• Neuroleptanalgesia
• Induction agents
• Inhalation anaesthetics

Lesson 3: Anaesthetic Complications

• Apnoea and hypoventilation
• Tachycardia and bradycardia
• Hypotension and hypothermia
• Assisting with anaesthetic emergencies
• Post-operative abnormalities
• Specific emergency conditions

Features:

• You have access to the course for 365 days
• Includes downloadable resources
• Complete a quiz to attain your certificate of achievement