Thank you for viewing our first virtual conference that took place in May 2021. We hope you enjoy all the sessions below.
Veterinary Care: A Pet Focused, Team Approach
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1
Dr. Jessica Vogelsang, CMO of AAAH declared ‘2023: The Year of the Team’ emphasizing a ‘pet-centered care’ approach. How do we move the pet to the middle of charts and infographics? The answer, a team-based approach.
This lecture will discuss myths and common misunderstandings of companion animal anesthesia and how we can improve overall patient care. Should I intubate that rabbit? Yes! Can I even take blood pressure on that ferret? Yes!
Creatures Young & Old: Anesthetic Considerations for Pediatric and Geriatric Patients
CE Credit:
1
In this presentation we will look at what makes anesthetizing pediatric and geriatric patients different from anesthetizing healthy adults. How does their metabolism, anatomy, and nociception differ?
To Err Is Human: Avoiding Anesthesia Accidents and Troubleshooting on the Fly
CE Credit:
1
In this session, attendees will learn the most common anesthesia-related mistakes, which can be categorized into practitioner-centered complications or patient-centered complications.
Practical Anesthetic Monitors for Your Practice - Getting Your Money's Worth!
CE Credit:
1
Information within this program is directed to the entire veterinary team including veterinarians, technicians, assistants, and business managers responsible for purchasing.
Iatrogenic Airway Complications and Alternative Intubation Techniques
CE Credit:
1
Endotracheal intubation is a relatively straight forward procedure in dogs and cats but it is not without risks if performed improperly. An anesthetist should never assume endotracheal intubation is going to be straightforward.
Handling Adverse Events – When Anesthetists Become ‘’Second Victims’’
CE Credit:
1
Most anesthetists are likely to be involved in an intraoperative adverse event or a patients’ death during their career. The focus of an anesthetist’s training is often focused on the safe delivery of anesthesia. We are trained ‘not to err’.
What is wellbeing and why do we care? Veterinary medicine is a high emotionally stressing career with a less than average career span of seven years! This talk will focus particularly on the stressful care involving veterinary anaesthesia.
Be "The Boss" of Feline Pain in the Post-Operative Period
CE Credit:
1
Review the stages of the anesthetic protocol for a surgical event for the feline patient with the focus on designing an analgesic treatment plan covering all stages of the event promoting a safe, comfortable recovery.
It is well-established that animals experience pain, and that preventing and managing animal pain is an core component of veterinary practice. Recognizing pain in non-verbal patients, however, presents a challenge.
This 1-hour presentation details the use of gabapentin in clinical practice including prescribing practices for human and veterinary medicine providing current evidence, safety and dosing reflected in the scientific, peer-reviewed literature.
Pain, Pain Go Away! Novel Analgesic Techniques for Laboratory Animals
CE Credit:
1
This seminar will focus on the newest, yet most practical analgesic techniques used in a variety of laboratory animal species such as rabbits, rodents, primates, etc.
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the most common orthobiologics that are used intra-articularly in order to control pain and discomfort.
