• Join Alessandra Mathis DVM, CertVA, DipECVAA, MRCVS for three 2-hour online sessions
• Comprehensive notes to downloaded
• Self-assessment quizzes to ‘release’ your 8 hours CPD certification (don’t worry, you can take them more than once if you don’t quite hit the mark first time)
• A whole year’s access to recorded sessions for reviewing key points
• Superb value for money – learn without travelling
• Watch the recordings on your iPad!
• This Mini Series was originally broadcast in April 2020

Programme

Drugs used in anaesthesia and what protocol to choose

What you’ll learn:

• What drugs are available to anaesthetise our small animal patients?
• What to expect when you use these drugs, what are their modes of action and their side effects?
• Practical information on how to choose an anaesthetic protocol and tailor it to the patient?
• Intra-operative analgesia and MAC sparing techniques

Anaesthetic monitoring. What is normal and what requires intervention

What you’ll learn:

• Brief outline on direct patient monitoring and special circumstances – when the patient does not read the book
• Monitoring – what does each curve and number mean? What is normal and what is not?
• How to put the data together to really understand what is happening

How to deal with anaesthetic complications and emergencies

What you’ll learn:

• Hypoventilation, hypotension, hypothermia are just a few of the most common anaesthetic complications. These will be discussed in depth, together with their consequences, treatments and how to adapt the anaesthetic protocol in these situations.
• Other less common anaesthetic complications will be discussed
• Finally the most feared of situations will be addressed – how to recognise early cardiovascular arrest and how to perform CPR in an anaesthetised patient