VET627: Anaesthesia and Critical Care

This unit is designed to improve knowledge on monitoring of the anaesthetised animal; techniques for providing pre-, intra- and postoperative analgesia; anaesthesia of small animals with gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine diseases. The critical care component includes clinical assessment and recognition of complications including multiple organ dysfunction, monitoring of the cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, renal, haematological and coagulation systems and therapy -- including crystalloids, colloids, transfusion, oxygen, ventilation and nutritional support.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-external
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Master of Veterinary Studies in Small Animal Practice or enrolment in the Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Studies in Small Animal Practice. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Unit Coordinator:	The Unit Coordinator's details for this unit are currently not available.
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Contact the Unit Coordinator MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)