Anaesthesiology 3:

Disease-specific Aspects of Small Animal Anesthesia, Multimodal Pain Management, Life Support in Cardiac Arrest Patients, and Postoperative Intensive Care

TBA 2026 | Shanghai, China

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General Overview

The 2026 Advanced Anesthesia (Anesthesia III) course program is designed for veterinarians who wish to advance their skills in contemporary techniques of anesthetic and perioperative patient management in small animal practice and have already acquired foundation knowledge in the Basic Anesthesia Course I and the level I Advanced Anesthesia (Anesthesia II) course program. The program provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of how the principles of anesthesia and analgesia are applied in small animal patients with specific preexisting diseases and conditions, such as the patients with cardiac, neuronal, ophthalmological, trauma, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, etc, disease and in specific patient groups (brachycephalic animals, neonates, and senile animals). The pathophysiology of pain and the concept of multimodal pain management will be addressed. Furthermore, participants will learn in simulator labs how to apply Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support during cardiopulmonary arrest . Finally the postoperative intensive care for the surgical patient will be addressed.

Topics:

  • Anesthesia equipment
  • Principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Patient & disease-sepcific aspects of anesthetic case management
  • Pathophysiology of pain and concepts of multi modal analgesia
  • Postoperative intensive care of the surgery patient

Workshops:

  • Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support workshops
  • Anesthesia for the dental/maxillary & eye patient
  • Anesthesia for the patient with renal & liver disease
  • Anesthesia for the neonate, senile and brachycephalic patient

Reading List

■ Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support  (RECOVER initiative)
■ Anesthesia & disease
■ Pain management in animals  

Language

All modules will be held in English with consecutive translation into Chinese.

CPD Hours: 40

Tuition Fee: TBA

Course Language: English, Consecutive Translation into Chinese

Preliminary Program (Click to Open)
Day 1
08:00 - 08:20    Registration and handing out of course books
08:20 - 08:30    Welcome and introduction into the course (structure and goals of the course)
08:30 - 09:30    Cardiopulmonary arrest: Prevention and preparedeness
09:30 - 11:00    Principles and techniques of Basic Life Support (BLS)
11:00 - 12:00    Principles and techniques of Advanced Life Support (ALS)
12:00 - 13:00    Principles of post-cardiac arrest care
- Lunch Break -
14:00 - 15:00    Common intraoperative complications and their management, Part 1
15:00 - 16:00    Common intraoperative complications and their management, Part 2
16:00 - 17:00    Anesthetic management of the patient undergoing thoracoscopy or laparoscopy
Day 2
08:30 - 09:30     Physiology and pathophysiology of perioperative pain
09:30 - 11:00     Signs of nociception & distress and pain assessment in small animals
11:00 - 13:00     Management of perioperative nociception - the concept of multimodal analgesia in small animals and the role of veterinary nurses in the pain management team
-  Lunch Break  -
14:30 - 15:00      Anesthetic management of the patient with cardiac disease: DCM, HCM, mitral valve insufficiency
15:00 - 16:00     Anesthetic management of the patient with cardiac disease: pulmonic & aortic stenosis
16:00 - 17:00      Anesthetic management of the patient with cardiac disease: PDA & heart surgeries
17:00 - 18:00      Principle Approach to anesthesia for the patient undergoing thorascopy or laparoscopy

Day 3
08:30 - 13:00      Groups A & B Workshop: CPR
08:30 - 13:00      Groups C & D Case Discussion: Anesthetic management of the patient undergoing dental & maxillary and eye surgery
08:30 - 13:00      Groups E & F Case Discussion: Anesthetic management of the patient with renal and liver disease
-  Lunch Break  -
14:30 - 18:30     Groups C & D Workshop: CPR
14:00 - 18:00     Groups E & F Case Discussion: Anesthetic management of the patient undergoing dental & maxillary and eye surgery
14:00 - 18:00     Groups A & B Case Discussion: Anesthetic management of the patient with renal and liver disease
Day 4
08:30 - 09:30     Principle approach to anesthesia for the emergency patient
09:30 - 11:00     Principle approach to anesthesia for the trauma/polytrauma patient
11:00 - 12:00     Principle approach to anesthesia for the patient with neurological disease
12:00 - 13:00     Principle approach to anesthesia for the patient with endocrinological disease (Diabetes, Hyper-/hypothyroidism, Addison's Disease)
-  Lunch Break  -
14:30 - 18:30     Groups E & F Workshop: CPR
14:30 - 18:00     Groups C & D Case Discussion: Anesthetic management of the patient with renal and liver disease
14:30 - 18:00     Groups A & B Case Discussion: Anesthetic management of the patient undergoing dental & maxillary and eye surgery
Day 5
08:30 - 11:30     Managing the post-operative critically ill patient, part I
11:00 - 13:00     Managing the post-operative critically ill patient, part II
-  Lunch Break  -
14:00 - 15:00     All Groups' Case Discussion: Anesthesia for the bitch with dystocia
15:00 - 16:00     All Groups' Case discussion: Anesthetic management of brachycephalic animals
16:00 - 17:00     All Groups' Case discussion: neonatal and geriatric animal anesthesia

 

Principle Course Master:

Prof. Dr. Bernd Driessen

Dipl. AVCAA, Dipl. ECVPT (USA)

Philadelphia, USA

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