Anesthesia and Analgesia in the Pediatric Patient

Pediatric patients are not just small adults. Their organ systems are maturing over time and are not always able to handle the same approach to anesthesia and analgesia as an adult patient. Understanding the basics physiologic differences between pediatric and adult patients will allow the veterinary technician to make necessary changes to anesthetic and analgesic plans in these more fragile patients.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • Understand basic physiologic differences between pediatrics and adults

  • Be able to apply alterations to protocols to account for immature body systems

  • Be able to identify differences in vital signs in pediatric patients

Course curriculum

    1. Anesthesia and Analgesia in the Pediatric Patient

    2. QUIZ: Anesthesia and Analgesia in the Pediatric Patient (Required for RACE CE)

About this course

  • Free
  • 2 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructor

M.Ed.,CVT,VTS (ECC) Erin Spencer

Erin has been working in the veterinary field for over 20 years. Early on she found a passion for emergency medicine and went on to earn her VTS (Veterinary Technician Specialty) in Emergency and Critical Care in 2011. Her next passion became education and she earned her Master’s in Adult Education in 2015. Her career has brought a variety of opportunities and roles from management, to teaching in a veterinary technology program, to running field clinics in under-served communities on Native American reservations. In 2019, Erin started her own business which provides in clinic training on a variety of topics and consultation on team utilization. As of 2021, Erin joined Veterinary Emergency Group as their Director of Veterinary Nursing Development. Erin is highly involved in the Veterinary Technology community. She is a Past President of both the Massachusetts Veterinary Technician Association and NAVTA. She is the Treasurer for PrideVMC and President-Elect for the Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Technicians and Nurses. Erin lectures nationally and has published articles and a book chapter.