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TECH178-0311: Fundamentals of Small Animal Anesthesia Module 2
INSTRUCTOR(S): Darci Palmer, LVT, VTS (Anesthesia) and Brenda Feller, CVT, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia)
COURSE OPEN: March 31-May 8, 2011
REAL TIME SESSIONS: Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2011; 9:00pm-10:30pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience in your CE course, we request you attend a practice session prior to the first RTS. Times and dates will be listed in your course confirmation email. Expect to spend up to 1 hour at one of the 2-4 practice sessions held prior to the first RTS.
Level and Prerequisites: This course is focused towards the technician who routinely deals with anesthesia case management. Veterinarians are highly encouraged to enroll with their veterinary technicians to work as a team in anesthesia. Module 1 is a required prerequisite for Module 2 to help insure a complete understanding of the basic principles of anesthesia before learning how to develop an anesthesia protocol. These modules are approved CE for those applicants applying for their VTS (Anesthesia)
VSPN CE course: open to all VIN members and VSPN. This course has been RACE approved for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.
Course Description:
Module 2 will continue to build on the foundation principles of canine and feline anesthesia covered in Module 1. The focus of Module 2 will be on anesthesia drugs used for premedication, induction and maintenance; pertinent information regarding induction and recovery; the use of intra-operative pain management techniques such as local/regional blocks and analgesic constant rate infusions; use of ancillary drugs intra-operatively; and common anesthetic complications that may arise at induction, intra-operative and/or post-operative. Case scenarios will be presented during the real time sessions to highlight key points about the drugs and techniques. Participants will be encouraged to take the information presented each week and use it to construct an over all perspective of anesthesia case management. At the end of the course, participants will be able to effectively collaborate with their veterinarian in the development of anesthesia protocols and manage a patient through all phases of anesthesia care.
Module 2 consists of four (4) real time interactive sessions of ninety minutes (90) each covering discussion of situations; online quizzes reinforcing the handouts and real time sessions; and interactive message boards to discuss the real time sessions and materials. The goal of the online quizzes is to test the participant's knowledge of the material covered discussed in each session and presented in the handouts.
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to discuss and interpret
About the Instructors: Darci Palmer has been working specifically in anesthesia since 2001. The majority of her experience comes from working in a university setting where her primary duties are to assist in the instruction of 4th year veterinary students during their anesthesia rotation. Brenda Feller, as a student at Michigan State University developed an interest in anesthesia. After graduation she worked in a general practice for a few years before moving on to the Anesthesia Department at the University of Illinois Veterinary College. Here she honed her skills and anesthesia became a passion. She has furthered her interest at a specialty practice where her main focus has been anesthesia and pain management. In addition to her VSPN duties she is also a featured speaker on the topic of anesthesia at a variety of veterinary conferences in the US and Canada.
Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session April 7): Pre-anesthetic Drugs
Content: We will begin with the advantages of pre-anesthetic drugs including an overview of drug classes used as premedications to include anticholinergics, phenothiazines, benzodiazepines, alpha-2 agonists, and opioids. Case based discussions on appropriate premedication protocols for specific patients will be included to increase participants' recognition and use of these medications.
Week 2 (Real Time Session April 14): Induction Period and Recovery Period
Content: We will review the stages of anesthesia. An overview of injectable drugs commonly used for induction will include barbiturates, dissociatives, propofol, etomidate, alfaxalone and opioids. An overview of currently used inhalants and their physical properties along with considerations during the post-operative period will complete this week. Case based discussions on appropriate induction and maintenance protocols for specific patients will be included to increase participants' recognition and use of these medications
Week 3 (Real Time Session April 21): Pain Management
Content: This week will focus on an overview of pain physiology and the drugs used for pain management, indications for specific local and regional techniques, how to perform local and regional blocks, and the use of intra-operative analgesic constant rate infusions. Case based discussions on appropriate pain management protocols will be included to increase participants' recognition and use of these medications.
Week 4 (Real Time Session April 28): Ancillary Drugs and Anesthetic Complications
Content: In this final week we will focus on the role of sympathomimetic and neuromuscular blocking agents in anesthesia, descriptions of predictable complications such as hypoventilation, hypoxemia, hypotension, hypovolemia and hypothermia; complications that can arise from human error; cardiopulmonary arrest during anesthesia; and an overview of common arrhythmias that can occur during anesthesia. Case based discussions on adjunctive drugs will be included to increase participants' recognition and use of these medications.
CE HOURS: 6
Tuition: $120 ($108 early bird special if enrolled by March 17, 2011).
*Enroll in both Modules before January 20, 2011 and receive a 15% discount off the regular course price.
*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). 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 director's name and contact information (email/phone) and school name.
** To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close when the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first Real Time Session unless otherwise noted. If the first Real Time Session is on a weekend, course will close on the Friday before the first Real Time Session.
**For more on how online CE works see the VSPN Participant's Resource Center
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Nanette R. Walker Smith, M.Ed., RVT, CVT, LVT
VSPN Content Director & VSPN CE Director
VSPN CE Services: VSPNCE@vspn.org
1-800-846-0028 or 1-530-756-4881 or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01452226154
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