AGV 170 - Veterinary Anesthesiology

1. Summarize considerations for anesthetic preparation in veterinary medicine
   1. Describe fundamental risks associated with anesthesia
   2. Demonstrate proper procedure for patient assessment
   3. Assign a patient one of the five physical status classifications as specified by the American Society of Anesthesiologists
   4. Calculate IV fluid infusion rates and prepare equipment for use with patients
2. Operate veterinary anesthetic machines and carrier gas banks
   1. Troubleshoot malfunction of and adjust veterinary anesthesia machine
   2. Demonstrate set up and leak test of an anesthetic machine
   3. Understand function of both rebreathing and non-rebreathing circuits
   4. Explain oxygen maintenance including calculation of oxygen flow rates, tank PSI, tank volume, and patient use rate
3. Demonstrate knowledge of commonly used anesthetic agents and adjunct agents
   1. Classify common anesthetic agents and adjuncts principal effect or chemistry
   2. List anesthetic agents and adjuncts commonly used as pre-anesthetic medications and describe their indications, mode of action, effects, and adverse effects
   3. List the inhalation anesthetic agents in common use and describe their indications, mode of action, effect, adverse effects and use
   4. Show proper technique of administration of anesthetic agents by injection, mask and endotracheal tube
   5. Organize and implement balanced anesthetic protocol on a canine or feline patient
4. Compare and contrast concepts of analgesia
   1. Outline the pain pathway
   2. Illustrate ways to affect nociception
   3. Explain multimodal pain therapy
   4. List the consequences of untreated pain
   5. Describe the techniques used in local anesthesia
   6. Understand the differences between the two classes of neuromuscular blocking agents, including mode of action and reversibility
   7. Employ methods of balanced anesthetic technique
5. Categorize the equipment used to monitor animals under sedation and/or anesthesia
   1. Explain the tracing of the ECG in small animal patients
   2. Perform endotracheal tube placement in the dog or cat using a laryngoscope
   3. Use the esophageal stethoscope to monitor small animal patients under sedation and/or anesthesia
   4. Discuss the information given by the capnograph relative to patient ventilation
   5. Explain the difference between assisted and controlled ventilation
   6. Recognize and react to equipment malfunctions
6. Illustrate anesthetic techniques specific to certain domestic large animal and exotic animal species
   1. Describe anesthetic techniques commonly used in equine practice
   2. Explain the special anesthetic challenges resulting from patient temperament, large body size and equine anatomy and physiology
   3. Summarize the main physiologic and anatomic differences that influence anesthetic management of ruminants and swine
   4. Express how to position a ruminant for recovery
   5. List the anesthetic concerns and challenges regarding anesthetizing pigs
   6. Classify the common problems that may arise when anesthetizing rodents and rabbits