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TECH108-0406: Small Animal Anesthesia Part I

INSTRUCTOR:
Dianne Hudson, RVT, VTS (anesthesia)

DATES:
April 5 - May 12, 2006
Real Time Sessions: Tuesday evenings, April 11, 18, 25 and May 2; 9:00pm-10:30pm ET (USA)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Participants will cover the importance of gathering patient information and recognizing its relevance to anesthesia. Participants will learn about anesthetic drugs, their classifications, physiological affects, advantages and disadvantages.

Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
Recognize issues that could predispose a patient to problems during anesthesia:
Avoiding complications and addressing them if they occur.
Understand the characteristics of the different drug classes:
Indications, contraindications and applications.

This course is open to all veterinary support staff but is geared towards the veterinary technician performing anesthesia.

COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1: Chapter 1: Preanesthetic Physical Examination and Evaluation:
Content: This session will cover the importance of signalment, history, physical exam, lab work and diagnostic testing. We will discuss consideration of each of these and how they may affect the anesthetic protocol to be used.

Week 2: Chapter 2: Preanesthetic Agents:
Content: This session will cover the reasons for using premedications, the classes of drugs used as premedications, their pharmacology and affect on physiology. We will also cover routes of administration, duration of action and appropriate doses.

Week 3: Chapter 3: Anesthetic Agents: Section 1: Injectable General Anesthetics:
Content: In this session we will discuss the injectables used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia, their advantages, disadvantages, indications, contraindications and uses.

Week 4: Chapter 3: Anesthetic Agents: Section 2: Inhalant General Anesthetics:
Content: This session will cover the physiology and pharmacology of the inhalant anesthesia, MAC values and how other drugs may affect MAC values. We will also discuss the importance of waste gas management.

Textbook: Required Text is: Manual of Small Animal Anesthesia, Second Edition. By Robert R. Paddleford, DVM, DACVA. W.B. Saunders, c1999. This book can be purchased from the VIN bookstore (we have several on hand in the VIN store) by following this link: http://store.vin.com/custom/edit.asp?p=82313

Ms. Hudson has also chosen a second text that she feels is comparable that you may wish to order if you cannot get the Paddleford text. That information is below:
Anesthesia and Analgesia, 3rd Edition. By Diane McKelvey, BSc, DVM & K. Wayne Hollingshead, MSc DVM. Elsevier c2003. http://store.vin.com/custom/edit.asp?p=82422

Either way, you will need to have at least one of the above texts for this course as your reading/resource material. If there are multiple people taking this course from one practice you do not each have to have a text, as long as you share so each of you can follow the reading assignments.

Other course materials will be in the form of handouts and slideshows/web tours. There will also be a list of sources where the materials were retrieved to help create this course.

CE HOURS: 6 (RACE applied for)

LIBRARY MATERIALS:
Library materials will be made available prior to the topic week so participants will have plenty of time to prepare for the real time sessions and discussion.

MESSAGE BOARD DISCUSSIONS:
Message board discussions regarding the topic presented will begin on the day the course opens and continue for one week following the last real time session. These discussions will be held in the VSPN CE course area.

TUITION:
$105 ($95 early bird special if registered before March 22, 2006)
Students currently enrolled in and taking at least 2 classes or 5 units at an AVMA accredited or CAAHT approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status)
*VT students: You must include the following information in the comments section of the CE enrollment form in order to be eligible for this discount: your program directors name and contact information (email/phone) and school name.

** NOTE: Registration will be closed when the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first real time session.

Minimum Requirements for Online CE

TO REGISTER:

  1. Each person must individually be a registered member of VSPN (www.vspn.org). Membership in VSPN is free.
  2. Each person must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses. This is our major form of communication with participants. It is highly recommended that course participants use their own, personal emails rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
  3. VIN Member veterinarians SHOULD NOT register for their staff. Please have the staff member register through VSPN. Please email VSPNCE@vspn.org if you have questions.
*** For More Information on VSPN's upcoming CE Courses, check out www.vspn.org/CE

Note: "This course has been submitted for approval for 6 hours of continuing education credits in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call VIN/VSPN for further information." (Attendees are encouraged to check with their licensing jurisdiction(s) for information regarding recognition by their board.)


COURSE WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND POLICY: Withdrawal prior to the listed start date of a course entitles the registrant to a complete refund or a credit toward a future VIN CE course, whichever is preferred. Withdrawal within 1 week after the listed start date (i.e. including no more than one real-time session) entitles the registrant to a credit toward any future VIN CE course. (Does not apply to courses with only one real-time session.) After the first real-time session, a registrant may withdraw due to special circumstances and receive prorated credit towards a future VIN course. These requests will be handled on an individual basis. The amount of the prorated credit will be determined based on 65% of the time remaining in the course at the time of withdrawal. It is not possible to withdrawal retroactively. Note: To ensure rapid handling of your request for withdrawal, we recommend that you call the VIN office at 1-800-700-INFO.
Nanette R. Walker Smith, RVT, CVT (VSPNCE@vspn.org)
BS, AS, AS
VSPN CE & Content Director (www.vspn.org)

Ginger Sanders (Ginger@vspn.org)
VSPN CE Services

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