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RACE Approved for Vets and Techs
Course meets the requirements for 1 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians and veterinarians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery. RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Non-interactive Distance; Program Number 1260551

RACE Approved for Vets and Techs

Course meets the requirements for 1 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians and veterinarians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery.

RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Non-interactive Distance; Program Number 1260551

Content Presenter
Tasha McNerney, BS, CVT, CVPP, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia)

Course Focus and Learning Objectives
VetCE on Demand: How Old is Too Old? Anesthesia for the Geriatric Patient utilizes the archive of a live presentation under the same name. While anesthesia is never a one-size-fits-all procedure, it requires special considerations for geriatric patients. Veterinarians and their medical teams need to address the unique physiological changes and considerations in older animals. Anesthetic plans must be tailored to individual needs. Thorough history taking and physical examination coupled with pre-anesthetic assessments and risk stratification is crucial. Focusing on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in older patients, with specific protocols for those with concurrent diseases, is vital. The importance of intraoperative monitoring, pain management, and post-anesthetic care to ensure optimal recovery cannot be over emphasized. At the end of the course participants should be able to: discuss common physiological changes in geriatric veterinary patients and how these changes affect anesthetic management outline customized anesthetic protocols for geriatric patients, considering individual health status and concurrent disease states discuss advanced anesthetic monitoring techniques and post-operative care for geriatric patients undergoing anesthesia

Course Focus and Learning Objectives

VetCE on Demand: How Old is Too Old? Anesthesia for the Geriatric Patient utilizes the archive of a live presentation under the same name.

While anesthesia is never a one-size-fits-all procedure, it requires special considerations for geriatric patients. Veterinarians and their medical teams need to address the unique physiological changes and considerations in older animals. Anesthetic plans must be tailored to individual needs. Thorough history taking and physical examination coupled with pre-anesthetic assessments and risk stratification is crucial. Focusing on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in older patients, with specific protocols for those with concurrent diseases, is vital. The importance of intraoperative monitoring, pain management, and post-anesthetic care to ensure optimal recovery cannot be over emphasized.

At the end of the course participants should be able to:

discuss common physiological changes in geriatric veterinary patients and how these changes affect anesthetic management
outline customized anesthetic protocols for geriatric patients, considering individual health status and concurrent disease states
discuss advanced anesthetic monitoring techniques and post-operative care for geriatric patients undergoing anesthesia

Open Enrollment with Immediate Access and Individual Scheduling
This is an open enrollment course. Participants may enroll at any time. Upon submission of enrollment the participant is immediately added to the course. The course welcome email provides login and other important information. This is an asynchronous course, meaning it does not contain real time components. Participants do not need to be logged into the course at specific times to attend lectures or view presentations. Participants do not need to complete the course in one sitting. Completion Deadline: Participants have 60 days from date of enrollment to view the presentation, as often as desired, as well as submit the two completion requirements outlined below. If after 60 days the completion requirements have not been submitted, the participant will be graded out of the course as incomplete.

Open Enrollment with Immediate Access and Individual Scheduling

This is an open enrollment course. Participants may enroll at any time. Upon submission of enrollment the participant is immediately added to the course. The course welcome email provides login and other important information.

This is an asynchronous course, meaning it does not contain real time components. Participants do not need to be logged into the course at specific times to attend lectures or view presentations. Participants do not need to complete the course in one sitting.

Completion Deadline:

Participants have 60 days from date of enrollment to view the presentation, as often as desired, as well as submit the two completion requirements outlined below. If after 60 days the completion requirements have not been submitted, the participant will be graded out of the course as incomplete.

Completion Requirements
The completion requirements for this course are: complete the quiz with a score of 80% or better - multiple attempts are permitted submit the course survey Upon submission of the final completion requirement, the participant will automatically be marked as completed and the course completion email will be sent out. The participant will have immediate access to the certificate.

Course Fee
Price: $25.00 USD Practices may enroll individual team members. To learn how to assign a specific team member to a course, please visit the Assigning Students page. Please use this link to view the Withdrawal Policy for this course.

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