Common questions

How often should anaesthesia be monitored in animals?

Continuously, with values written down at least every five minutes from induction until the patient has recovered.

What should a veterinary anaesthetic record include?

The patient and procedure, drugs and doses, and regular readings of heart rate, breathing, oxygen saturation, carbon dioxide, blood pressure, temperature and depth.

Why record anaesthesia on paper as well as a monitor?

A written trend shows slow changes a single reading can miss, and it is the clinical record if something goes wrong.

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