Advanced Anesthesia Training Courses

Summary

Once the technician has mastered the fundamentals of anesthesia, they are ready to
build on that foundation.

Curriculum includes:

Module 1: Adverse events in the anesthetic process

Learning objectives include:

• Difficult intubation
• Cardiovascular complications
  • Structural
  • Electrical
  • Hypertension
• Respiratory complications and acid base disturbances
  • Blood gas analysis for monitoring of oxygenation
  • Blood gas analysis for acid-base disturbances
• Anaphylaxis/ Anaphylactoid reaction

Module 2: Understanding the anesthesia machine and gas pressure/flow in a hospital system

Learning objectives include:

• Respecting the high pressure system for gas delivery
• Identifying the components of an intermediate and low pressure system
• The common gas outlet: the crux of anesthesia delivery
• The anesthesia machine:
  • Selecting an anesthesia circuit
    • Benefits and drawbacks of a rebreathing circuit vs an non-rebreathing circuit
  • Pressure testing your circuit
  • Trouble shoot anesthetic machine leaks
• Barotrauma and how to avoid it

Module 3: Indications for mechanical ventilation and how to use an anesthetic mechanical ventilator in practice

Learning objectives include:

• Barotrauma and how to avoid it
• Classification of ventilators
• Terminology and parameters
• Optional features of MVs
• Trouble shooting common problems with the MV

Module 4/5: Anesthetic protocols for specific procedures (two part lecture series)

Learning objectives include:

• When we select sedation vs general anesthesia
• Protocols for special soft tissue procedures
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Gastric dilation and volvulus
  • GI obstruction (i.e., foreign body, mass, resection/anastomosis, intussusception)
  • Nephrectomy
  • Portosystemic shunt (PSS)
  • Splenectomy
  • Amputations (digits, forelimb, hindlimb, tail)
• Protocols for head and neck procedures
  • Brachycephalic airway surgery
  • Arytenoid lateralization (Laryngeal Tie Back)
  • Parathyroidectomy/thyroidectomy
  • Deep ear flush/myringotomy
  • Ocular procedures
• Protocols for perianal surgeries
  • Anal sacculectomy, perianal fistula, vulvoplasty
• Protocols for reproductive and urological surgeries
  • C-sections
  • Pyometra
  • Cystotomy
  • Perineal urethrostomy [PU]
• Protocols for thoracotomy procedures
• Protocols for diagnostic procedures
  • Bronchial alveolar lavage
  • Rhinoscopy
  • Endoscopy
• If requested: Dorsal hemilaminectomy and ventral slot procedures

Module 6: Advanced anesthesia protocols for patients with comorbidities

Learning objectives include:

• Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease)
• Hypoadrenocorticisim (Addison’s disease)
• Pheochromocytoma
• Insulinoma
• Intracranial disease

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Coming in winter, 2022!