Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians, 2nd Edition

This highly practical guide to anesthesia helps veterinary technician students develop the anesthesia skills required before going into the practice setting.

Newly updated with a user-friendly layout, Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians, Second Edition covers a range of topics from preparation, equipment, anesthesia techniques, and pain assessment and management, as well as techniques for a variety of species, including equine, small mammal, and ruminant patients.  Coverage has been expanded to include a chapter for each monitoring parameter, descriptions of the dosages, side effects and indications for newly introduced anesthesia and analgesia drugs, greater small mammal species coverage, as well as a new chapter on porcine sedation and anesthesia.

To reinforce the text, an accompanying website provides resources for students and instructors that aid in learning and retaining information in the form of case studies, multiple-choice questions and answers, charts and forms for use in the practice, as well as figures and tables from the text for download.

Veterinary technician students, veterinary technician educators, veterinary technicians in practice, technicians preparing for the anesthesia exams, and anesthesia veterinary technician specialists who wish to build and improve their anesthesia knowledge will find Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians, Second Edition an invaluable resource.