European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies

Anaesthesia & Pain Management Courses

Anaesthesia and Perioperative Management I

Course Overview

This course focuses on the anaesthesia machine and monitoring, anaesthetic drugs and protocols, local anaesthesia, perioperative management in healthy and diseased patients as well as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, participants

  1. shall know how anaesthetic equipment and drugs work and how they are used in healthy and diseased small animal patients,
  2. know how to improve perianaesthetic management in their hospital,
  3. are able to provide CPR,
  4. are able to perform commonly used local anaesthetic techniques.

Language

All modules will be held in English.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 8 November 2027 - Anaesthetic Machine and Monitoring

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and registration
09:00 – 09:45 Introduction to anaesthesia in small animals
09:45 – 10:45 Anaesthetic machine – How does it work?
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 Cleaning, maintenance and checks of the anaesthetic machine
12:00 – 12:30 Common problems/pitfalls with the anaesthetic machine
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 Monitoring of the anaesthetic patient (theory)
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:15 Monitoring devices for the anaesthetic patient (demonstration and practice)

Tuesday, 9 November 2027 - Drugs and Protocols

08:30 – 10:30 Overview of relevant drugs for anaesthesia and perioperative management
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Anaesthetic protocols for healthy patients with discussion and group work
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 Breed specific considerations in cats and dogs including brachycephalic patients
14:30 – 15:15 Anaesthetic and perioperative management in guinea pigs and small rodents
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30 CASUS
16:30 – 17:15 Case based discussion

Wednesday, 10 November 2027 - Perioperative Management and CPR

08:30 – 09:15 The importance of a thorough anamnesis and clinical evaluation
09:15 – 09:45 Perioperative temperature management – how / why?
09:45 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Airway management: Intubation, laryngeal mask airway and tracheotomy
11:00 – 12:00 Placement and interpretation of a central venous catheter (theory and practice)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:45 This should be in your crash cart!
13:45 – 14:45 CPR in dogs and cats – new RECOVER guidelines in theory
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 17:15 Practical Session: CPR in dogs & cats & Team work in a critical situation

Thursday, 11 November 2027 - Local Anaesthesia

08:30 – 09:15 Introduction to local anaesthesia and available drugs
09:15 – 09:45 Local blocks on the thorax
09:45 – 10:45 Local blocks on the head
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 Local blocks of the limbs and other clinically relevant local blocks
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 17:00 Practical session: Wet lab – local blocks (Coffee Break in between)

Friday, 12 November 2027 - Disease Management

08:30 – 10:00 Anaesthetic management of the cardiac patient with case discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Anaesthetic management of C-section and care of the neonatal patient
11:15 – 12:15 Anaesthetic management in patients with renal and hepatic insufficiency
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Anaesthetic, analgesic and perioperative management of the dog with GDV
14:00 – 14:45 Anaesthetic management of dentistry patients incl. geriatric patients
14:45 – 15:15 Questions, discussion

Tuition fee*:

TBA

Early registration fee*:

TBA

Early registration deadline:

Total hours:

40

ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):

TBA

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):

5

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

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