Veterinary Anesthesia
Overview
Enrollment is limited to students in the Animal Health Technology Program.
The major topics in the course include:
1. The anesthesia machine and its component parts:
- Compressed gas systems
- Scavenging/waste gas evacuation
- Breathing circuits
- Circle breathing system
- Reservoir bags
- Carbon dioxide absorbent granules
- Endotracheal tubes
2. Patient assessment in preparation for anesthesia:
- Physical and temperament evaluation
- Pre-anesthesia tests
3. Anesthesia premedication:
- Sedatives
- Tranquilizers
- Analgesic drugs
- Sedative reversal agents
- Anticholinergic agents
4. Anesthesia induction:
- Induction techniques- mask induction
- Induction techniques-tank induction
- Induction techniques- injectable
- Injectable anesthetic induction drugs
- Endotracheal intubation
5. Anesthesia Maintenance:
- Inhalant anesthesia maintenance
- Injectable anesthesia maintenance
6. Anesthesia Support:
- The concept of controlled poisoning
- Fluid therapy
- Heat supplementation
- Ocular protection
- Assisted breathing
7. Anesthesia Monitoring Techniques:
- Cardiovascular monitoring
- Respiratory monitoring
- Species specific monitoring priorities
This course includes 3 hours of classroom instruction as well as 2 hours of laboratory activity per week.
Quizzes 20-30%
Assignments 15-35
Attendance & Participation 10
Final Exam 20-35__
100%
Grades: A+ 95-100, A 90-94, A- 85-89, B+ 80-84, B 75-79, B- 70-74,
C+ 65-69, C 60-64, C- 55-59, P 50-54, F 0-49.
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
- understand the function of both large and small animal inhalant anesthetic machines.
- operate an inhalant anesthetic machine for the delivery of general anesthesia to companion and food animals.
- understand the basic pharmacology of drugs used in implementation of local anesthesia, sedation and inhalant anesthesia.
- calculate sedative and anesthetic drug dosages for an individual animal.
- have a working knowledge of the routes of anesthesia drug administration used in veterinary medicine.
- monitor the depth of anesthesia.
- use the following anesthetic monitoring devices to detect anesthesia related problems:
- Esophageal stethoscope
- Doppler blood pressure monitor
- Oscillometric blood pressure monitor
- intubate companion and food animal species.
- understand the function of compressed gas delivery systems associated with the inhalant anesthesia machine.
- understand the occupational hazards associated with workplace exposure to anesthetic drugs.
- intervene during anesthesia emergency situations.
- exhibit a working knowledge of anesthesia emergency drugs.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
- Lake, T. Dosage Calculation for Veterinary Nurses and Technicians. Current ed., Butterworth Heinemann Publishing. (required).
- McCurnin, D.M. & Bassert, J.M. Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians. Current ed., Elsevier (required).
- McKelvey D., Hollingshead, W.K. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Elsevier Press. Current ed.,(required).
- Wanamaker, BP & Massey, K.L. Applied Pharmacology for the Veterinary Technician 3 Current ed., Saunders-Elsevier (required).
- Romich, J.A., 2005. Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Veterinary Technicians. Thomson Delmar Learning. (recommended).
Requisites
Prerequisites
AHTT 1203 Veterinary Care 2
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
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Course Transfers
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Institution | Transfer Details for AHTT 2108 | |
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There are no applicable transfer credits for this course. |