Conversations in Veterinary Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care

04/08/2023

The WSAVA Global Pain Council is conducting a survey on pain management in Africa. Please complete the survey if you live in or work anywhere in Africa.

Greetings from the Global Pain Council (GPC) of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA). The Global Pain Council is launching a survey to veterinarians living and working in the African continent. The goal of the survey is to determine the perceptions and practices of pain management in dogs and cats, and identify the gaps and challenges hindering the optimal practice of pain management in small animals.

I am contacting you to solicit your support in publicizing this survey among veterinarians in your country. Participation is entirely voluntary and anonymous. The survey takes around 10-15 minutes to complete and is available in both English and French translation through the following link ( http://bit.ly/3NtplA2) or using the QR code available on the attached social media post.

Thank you in advance for your effort in publicizing this survey.

http://bit.ly/3NtplA2

18/05/2020

The next episode is available

A discussion on which patients should get an anaesthetic and which which should hold off or not do at all.

13/04/2020

The next podcast on checking the anaesthetic machine is now available. I will attach a few photos to support the podcast in the next few pages. If you are interested in reading more of the science behind this talk please got to the VAACCS page.

https://anchor.fm/vaaccs/episodes/Episode-2---The-Anaesthetic-Machine-ecnr1s

https://www.facebook.com/VAACCS

This episode deal with checking the anaesthetic machine before you start a procedure.

13/04/2020

When checking your equipment make sure that equipment is safe to use and functional. If it looks anything like that below rather replace it. Leaks in the circuit can make it difficult to maintain anaesthetic depth and will pollute the environment.

13/04/2020

A positive and negative pressure leak test. Remember to close the pop-off valve for a positive pressure leak test and re-open it once you have completed the test. A negative pressure leak test is also shown below but requires a device to suck the air out of the machine. Some anaesthetic machines are fitted with a dump valve making a negative pressure leak test impossible.

13/04/2020

This podcast is now available on iTunes if you would like to subscibe on your android device.

Just search for VAACCS

04/04/2020

The first podcast is available at:

https://anchor.fm/vaaccs/episodes/Episode-1-eccero

Any comments or questions on this episode please comment below

A podcast on veterinary anaesthesia, analgesia and critical care

30/03/2020

With the lock down now in place, I am going to take this opportunity to get the podcasts going. The podcast will be available on the web service:

https://anchor.fm/vaaccs

The podcast will then be available for those to listen to in their own time. You will be able to ask question through page in the comments for each episode. Questions will then be answered in the comments.

All things related to veterinary anaesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine and pain management

06/01/2020

https://anchor.fm/vaaccs

All things related to veterinary anaesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine and pain management

06/01/2020