All anaesthetics can be a challenge let alone, having the patient unstable to begin with. Tailoring the best anaesthetic plan to the individual requirements can be even more challenging. This lecture will cover topics that will assist you with the unstable patient, including history taking, how to stabilise the patient before inductions, what to expect, how to pick up on early changes and what we can do to make them more stable.
Hemodynamically unstable patients are not necessarily sick patients, so with these patients we change the approach of the anaesthetic, so that we can hopefully avoid complications, however if we do see those complications, they may need different treatment to a healthy patient, so some handy hints will be given on what to think about before a treatment plan is chosen.
Recording from 17.10.2018
Speaker:
Anita Parkin
Anita Parkin RVN, AVN, Dip (Surgery & ECC), VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia), CVPP, TAE
Anita has been a veterinary nurse for over 30 years. Working in a general practice for the first 10 years and joining Veterinary Specialist Services (VSS) in 2001. In 2017, VSS opened their 3rd practice to which Anita currently manages.
Anita has kept her Australian qualifications current including her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing, Diploma in Surgery and ECC, and is an Accredited Vet Nurse and a Registered Vet Nurse through the Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia (VNCA).
Anita’s overseas qualifications include obtaining a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) in 2012 through the IVAPM (International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management) and Veterinary Technician Specialty in Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2009 recertified 2015 and 2019 through the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia (AVTAA). She is also the proud recipient of the Steve Haskin’s scholarship award in 2018, and the Vet Nurse of the Year through the VNCA 2022 and the Earl Rippie scholarship award in 2024.
Currently Anita is the President Elect of the AVTAA, is on the VNCA’s board of directors and is also on the VSS conference committee, CPD committee (VNCA), conference committee (VNCA), exam committee (AVTAA) and the is the Chair of the National Industry Advisory Group (NIAG).
In Anita’s spare time, she likes to relax on the couch with her fur babies.
