Companion Webinars

Procedure Sedation & Anesthesia Pearls

Written by Companion Webinars | Jul 1, 2024, 4:15:00 AM
by Andrea Looney, DVM, DACVAA, CCRP, DACVSMR

 

Attendees will be provided with a review to procedural supportive care. The importance of assessing anesthesia risk for each patient to provide appropriate drug options will be discussed - alongside proper techniques for monitoring the patient to ensure a safe procedure and recovery.

Learning Objectives

  • The differences in the hierarchy of tranquilization, sedation, total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA), total injectable anesthesia (TIA) delivered IM, and general anesthesia (GA) delivered by inhalant and the appropriate use of each.

  • The keys to patient support in the sedated, tranquilized, or anesthetized patient.

  • The importance of maintaining patent airways, ventilation, patient position, and IV access

  • How to determine a patient’s risk using the ASA [American Society of Anesthesiolgists) categories based on patient characteristics.gy cases

 

 

Please note that the original speaker will not be available to answer questions submitted for on-demand webinars. Our medical team will answer any questions to the best of their availability, but this may not be possible depending on the question submitted.