SEDATION, ANALGESIA & IN-FIELD GENERAL ANAESTHESIA COURSE

Start: 24/04/2008 - 08:04

Timezone: Etc/GMT+1

Sponsored by:	BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, FORT DODGE ANIMAL HEALTH and VÉTOQUINOL UK LTD.
Venue:	Three Counties Equine Hospital, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Course Organiser:	Andrew Harrison
Fee:	£260 for BEVA Members, £325 for Non-Members COURSE LIMITED TO 20 DELEGATES
Description:	This is a ‘hands-on’ course aimed at practitioners at all levels of equine and mixed practice. Topics covered include: • Continuous infusion sedation (e.g. for standing oral tooth extractions) • Local anaesthetic techniques (e.g. epidural, anaesthesia for ocular surgery) • Sedation (e.g. neonates, adults and ‘the untouchables’) • In-field general anaesthesia (e.g. single bolus, GA, TIVA)
Suitable for RCVS Module:	Equine B Module; C-VA 2 Equine Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Speakers:	Mr Andrew Harrison BVSc CertEP CertVA MRCVS	Gloucestershire
	Mr John Hird BVSc MA DVA DipECVA MRCA MRCVS	Wirral
	Mr Iain McCormick BVetMed CertVA MRCVS	Northumberland
	Mr Mark Senior BVSc DipECVA MRCVS	Liverpool

Provisional Programme:
08.30	Coffee & Registration
08.45	Introduction	A Harrison
08.50	Physical & Chemical Restraint	I McCormick
09.20	Continuous Infusion Sedation	M Senior
09.50	Local Anaesthetic Techniques	A Harrison
10.20	Open Discussion of Special Cases (Pregnant Mares, Foals, ‘Wild Horses’ etc)	All Speakers
10.50	Coffee
11:10	Short Term/Single Bolus General Anaesthesia in the Field	I McCormick
11.40	Prolonging General Anaesthesia in the Field	M Senior
12.10	‘Keeping out of Trouble in Equine Practice’	J Hird
12.50	Discussion
13.00	Lunch
14.00	PRACTICAL SESSIONS In-field General Anaesthetics x 4 or more Horse Heads: Palpation and ET/NT Intubation	All Speakers
17.00	Coffee and Discussion
17.30	End of course