I’ll Watch You While You Sleep: An Anesthesia Monitoring Overview

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I’ll Watch You While You Sleep:

An Anesthesia Monitoring Overview

Free Webinar brought to you by Hill’s Pet Nutrition USA – Clinical Series

0.5 Hr of RACE CE approved
Approved for 0.5 hour of NYSED credit

Start Date
July 12, 2022

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Summary

As anesthetists, we administer a variety of drugs that are designed to depress our patients’ central nervous systems and provide analgesia, muscle relaxation, amnesia, and immobilization so advanced surgical and medical procedures can be performed. The multitude of combinations of anesthetic agents and adjuncts that provide these beneficial effects can also result in significant changes to a patient’s hemodynamic stability, especially if that patient is compromised due to trauma, shock, or advanced concurrent disease. A veterinary anesthetist must be trained to quickly anticipate, recognize, and assess the physiologic consequences of any given anesthetic protocol on any given patient. Frequent monitoring that includes a combination of physical and electronic parameters is the cornerstone of providing anesthetic care in the safest way possible. This lecture provides an overview of a variety of assessments that the anesthetist should include for every patient.

When is it?

USA and Canada

Australia and New Zealand

Other Countries

USA and Canada

Australia and New Zealand

Other Countries

Note: This webinar is being recorded. If you are unable to attend the live lecture, a link to the recording will be shared with you a few days following the lecture.

Speaker

Kim Spelts

BS, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia and Analgesia)
Founder and CEO PEAK Veterinary Anesthesia Services

Kim Spelts founded PEAK Veterinary Anesthesia Services in 2013, and she is excited to Provide Exceptional Anesthesia Knowledge and skills with veterinary professionals around the world.

Kim has a strong background in science, which led to her passion in veterinary anesthesia. She earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences and spent time in the corporate world working for a NASA subcontractor and then for a software development company. She then went back to school and earned her A.A.S. in Veterinary Technology and achieved Certified Veterinary Technician status. Initially, Kim worked in emergency veterinary medicine but then found her calling in veterinary anesthesia and teaching when she joined the Anesthesia Department at Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. In 2004, she completed a rigorous application and testing process to become a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia. In 2005 she left CSU and was instrumental in launching the rehabilitation and anesthesia components of a Colorado Springs specialty practice. Kim has lectured at many local and national conferences to technicians and veterinarians alike to further their knowledge of anesthesia and pain management. She strives to advance anesthesia standards of care through advanced training and case management.

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