Practice of veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia

The recovery room

Postoperative monitoring and complications

Pain management and patient comfort

Anaesthetic machine, vaporizers, ventilators

Breathing systems and ancillary equipment

Proposed author: Lynne Hughes (Dublin)

Patient monitoring, equipment and guidelines

Physiology and pathophysiology of pain

Pain assessment methods and management                  

Premedication and sedation

Anaesthetics and methods of administration                                           

Muscle relaxants          

Fluid therapy and blood transfusion

Ophthalmic surgery                                                       

Dental and oral surgery                                                  

Cardiovascular disease

Respiratory Disease

Thoracic surgery                                                                                   

Gastrointestinal and hepatic disease

Urogenital disease                                                        

Caesarian section                                                                                 

Neurological disease                 

Anaesthesia for MRI

Paediatric and geriatric patients

Anaesthetic accidents, reactions, complications and emergencies