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Students will find Basic Principles of Anesthesia a comprehensive and in-depth presentation of the skills and knowledge needed to provide quality anesthesia services to clients and patients.
The course covers dogs, cats, pocket pets, rabbits, ferrets, birds, fish, and reptiles. It does not address equine or large animal.
The course runs for 6 weeks due to the extensive material as well as the depth of the practical course assignments and case studies.
Each module requires the completion of comprehensive discussion assignments, homework assignments, exams, and case studies. |
After completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Know how to evaluate and prepare the patient to avoid anesthetic complications
- Understand how anesthetic drugs affect the various body systems
- Know how anesthetic drugs are classified and why
- Understand the proper usage of injectable and inhalant anesthetic drugs
- Know and understand the proper techniques and methods for anesthetic induction
- Identify and discuss the parts of anesthetic machines and their function
- Understand the induction, maintenance, and recovery phases of anesthesia
- Identify the anesthetic depth of a patient
- Understand the importance of anesthesia monitoring
- Understand the importance of anesthetic record keeping
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Module 1: The Pre-Anesthetic Period contains extensive information on patient evaluation, pain management, and a thorough review of the drugs used for safe anesthetic induction. All new up to date anesthesia protocols are presented including printable patient evaluation forms; appropriate anesthetic drug usage for specific patients and conditions; and pain evaluation guidelines.
Module 2: The Induction Period covers all areas of patient anesthetic preparation from IV catheter placement to injectable anesthesia to intubation. This module contains extensive step by step procedures with numerous pictures and images to assist students in safe induction of their patient.
Module 3: The Anesthetic Period includes sections on the maintenance and care of the anesthesia machine; types of inhalant anesthesia; and principles and characteristics of inhalant anesthesia.
Module 4: The Maintenance and Recovery Period provides guidelines for the anesthetic record; procedures for proper monitoring during and post anesthetic procedure; and potential complications.
The course covers dogs, cats, pocket pets, rabbits, ferrets, birds, fish, and reptiles. It does not address equine or large animal. |
No additional materials provided - all course content is online.
Students that prefer to read technical material in text form may wish to purchase the book that comprises the general content. The text is a new publication and should make an excellent addition to private or practice libraries.
If you wish to buy the text, information is provided below in the Course Writer's section of this page. |
... Cant' see a better way of presenting this course. The material presented for the level of this course was absolutely right. The instructor was extremely helpful, amazingly enthusiastic and extremely generous offering extra materials for study to us. Really greateful for completing this course. Looking forward to future courses with vetmedteam
... I feel that the structure, pace and course content are excellent. This was by far more informative and instructional than I had imagined. Now, I just need to hone in the material in which I am still a bit rusty. I would highly recommend this class to anyone in the field who wants a refresher course in anesthesia.
... Online material was very easy to understand, and very detailed. The instructor was top notch! She fully understood the subject material and one could see she loved her subject. Wonderful and helpful. She also sent extra material to the students that had to do with the subject and was very helpful to read. I found this course extremely beneficial to myself as a technician. I not only know how to assist in surgery (which I was trained to do over the years) but understand the fundamentals behind it, and hence feel more confident in keeping my patients safe while under anesthesia
... I liked how it was laid out and had mini sections and that everything pertaining to that medication was together not all over the place. The whole course was beneficial to me as I took it as a refresher course. Then I found out yesterday that I got a different position at work that included routine surgeries because I was ambitious enought to do this on my own!!
... What can I say? The whole course was wonderful - very extensive. (There are differences to Australia, but no course as good as this.) I enjoyed it. Mary Ellen is wonderful. My bosses are proud of what I have learnt, if a little exhausted by my questions.
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| VetMedTeam courses are asynchronous - they do not contain real time components. Students log in while a course is in session at times convenient to personal schedules. |
Completed students are awarded a certificate of completion. Completion requirements include:
- Discussion, Homework Assignments and Case Studies: All assignments and discussions MUST be posted to the discussion boards 48 hours before course end.
- Examinations: All examinations must be submitted with a score of 80% or better.
- Submission of the course survey
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The average student will spend 5 to 7 hours per week in order to complete all the mandatory requirements.
Students will find this a comprehensive and in-depth presentation of the basic skills and knowledge needed to provide quality anesthesia services to clients and patients.
The course runs for 6 weeks due to the extensive material as well as the depth of the practical course assignments and case studies. |
| *Approved for 20 RACE credits for technicians and veterinarians |
This course has been developed in cooperation with Teton NewMedia, utilizing content from The Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia: Small Animals, Birds, Fish and Reptiles Donald C. Sawyer, DVM, PhD, DACVA ; published by Teton New Media; 2008.
If you are interested in purchasing this text for your library visit Teton New Media or do a web search to locate a distributor in your area. |
| Mary Ellen Goldberg, BS, CVT, VMT, LAAS, SRA |
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Mary Ellen has worked in various aspects of veterinary medicine from small animal and equine to mixed practice, coccidiosis research for a pharmaceutical company, and laboratory animal medicine since 1976.
She became intensely involved in anesthesia and analgesia work when she was at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Division of Animal Resources. Mary Ellen was a member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and advised researchers and their staff on anesthesia and analgesia for their experimental procedures for over 8 years. She is still a consultant for VCU, writing Guidelines and SOPs for the animal research community.
Mary Ellen became a Surgical Research Anesthetist, certified through the Academy of Surgical Research, in 2007. The SRA certification is oriented towards the person (physician, veterinarian, dentist, nurse, veterinary technician, veterinary nurse or pharmacist) working as an anesthetist who also has responsibilities as part of the surgical team that include aseptic preparation, and peri-operative care for surgical patients.
In 2003 she began teaching here at VetMedteam. Mary Ellen is the instructor for Basic Principles of Anesthesia, Advanced Concepts of Veterinary Anesthesia, Advanced Concepts of Pain Management: Companion Animal and Managing Canine Pain. Teaching is one of her loves. To quote Mary Ellen " It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life."
Mary Ellen is the Executive Secretary of IVAPM (International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management). In addition, she is on the Examination Committee charged with writing and developing the credentialing examination for certification as a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP). She is also on the Credentialing Committee, handling the review of the applications and the case studies that must be submitted for CVPP and is the only veterinary technician on this committee.
Since becoming the Executive Secretary of IVAPM, she has become a member of the American Academy of Pain Management (Human), the American Society of Pain Educators, and the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists (European Academy). This has taken her passion to a new level.
In 2009, she became a Faculty member for the Mannheimer Foundation, Inc. Mary Ellen instructs veterinary residents in Laboratory Animal Medicine from various Veterinary Colleges in Primate Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Hobbies and other activities include anything about the BEACH! She became a certified Florida Master Naturalist through the University of Florida in December 2007. Mary Ellen enjoy working out, needlework, cooking, baking and caring for family, which includes 3 grown sons.
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September 01, 2010 - Registration deadline is 11:00 PM Eastern September 10, 2010
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* Course meets the requirements for indicated hours of continuing education credit 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. (AAVSB means American Association of Veterinary State Boards)
++ This course has been submitted (but not yet approved) for the indicated hours of continuing education credit 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. Contact CE@VetMedTeam.com for further information.
More information regarding RACE may be found at www.aavsb.org. In addition you can obtain the contact information for your state to determine if they accept RACE online credits. Online courses are a great way to help meet continuing education goals!
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