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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

VET 230 Veterinary Anesthesia and Surgical Nursing with Lab


Prerequisites: VET 125 , VET 151 , VET 152 , VET 202 , and GPA of 2.0 or higher
Corequisites: VET 205  and VET 212  
4 credits

Lectures and demonstrations in general anesthetic technique, standard surgical procedure, and operating room conduct. The emphasis is on surgical technology including equipment and supply nomenclature, patient monitoring, aseptic, sterile technique, preoperative care of the patient and emergency medicine. Classifications and mechanisms of action for commonly used anesthetics, and analgesics are discussed. Topics include intravenous catheterization techniques, CPR, and oncology therapeutics.