How Our Patients are Anesthetized
Anesthesia at Vetcision includes a multiple drug protocal. Our patients typically receive an intramuscular sedative premedication 20-30 minutes prior to surgery. After the pet is relaxed, an intravenous catheter is placed in a leg vein for fluid and drug administration. An intravenous induction drug is then given through the catheter to effect. This means we only give enough induction drug to get the patient's jaw open to place an endotracheal tube into the airway. We then place all of our stable patients on isoflurane or enflurane anesthetic gas in oxygen. With these inhaled anesthetics we can control our patient's anesthetic depth precisely and rapidly through out the entire surgical or diagnostic procedure. The pet quickly awakens after turning off the anesthesia gas on pure oxygen. All patients at Vetcision are then given one or more medications for pain control intramuscularlly, intravenously, intrathecally (around the spine), or topically.
We have special anesthetic protocals for critical patients which may include fewer or additional drugs. These protocals are constantly being reviewed by our consultant veterinary anesthesiologist so we can provide the absolute safest anesthesia.