Perioperative hypothermia is a common consequence of anaesthesia and surgery and occurs in most patients undergoing anaesthesia. It can have adverse effects such as delayed anaesthetic recoveries and increased risk of postoperative wound infections. In this webinar we will look at how anaesthesia can disrupt thermoregulation and the impact hypothermia has on the body. We will also look at how we can recognise hypothermia and what techniques we can use to minimise the heat loss perioperatively.

This webinar with focus on improving pain management in small animal patients. It will focus firstly on the importance of pain assessment in dogs and cats and how you can improve this in your practice.

General anaesthesia carries an inherent risk for every patient, as unexpected cardiovascular and respiratory side effects can always occur. Therefore, monitoring anaesthesia is extremely important and should mainly focus on anaesthetic depth, cardiovascular and respiratory function. Capnometry provides real time information on respiratory rate, end-tidal and inspired carbon dioxide values. From these data the anaesthetist can extrapolate information on cardiac output, depth of anaesthesia and breathing systems faults. This webinar will guide you in the interpretation and understanding of capnography, as this is the most important monitoring tool available in small animal practice, and the person interpreting the information has a central role in the monitoring process.