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Rabbit Anaesthesia – Getting it Right for Rabbits

Overview

This course will explore the key factors involved in promoting best practice in rabbit anaesthesia and will offer an overview of techniques including those involved in the pre-operative, induction, airway management, maintenance, monitoring and recovery phases.

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their current practice protocols, explore and discuss cases and explore the most up to date recommendations for the many different aspects involved in promoting safer rabbit anaesthesia.

After successful completion of the course you will have a wealth of new ideas to take back to practice, and should feel more confident in managing rabbit anaesthesia.

As part of your assessed coursework, you will produce an outline of anaesthesia guidelines for a range of different scenarios that you can discuss with the rest of your team, as well as a pre-anaesthetic checklist that is specifically tailored for rabbits in your practice.

Syllabus

Course topics covered include:

Pre op

Owner Education
Holistic Parameters
Essential paperwork
Patient viability for anaesthesia
TPR

Induction

Stress Reduction in rabbits
Anaesthetic protocols
Getting the timing right

Analgesia

Pain Scoring
Injection methods
Medication

Airway Management

Face Masks, ETTs and V-Gel – the pros and cons
Cleaning protocols for airway equipment

Anaesthesia

Medication
Positioning
Temperature Control
Paperwork

Monitoring

Patient Vitals
Reflexes
Human vs Machine
Capnography
Blood Pressure
Pulse Oximetry
Ventilation
Fluid Therapy

Recovery

Assist Feeding vs Syringe Feeding
Enclosures
Positioning
Bonded partners
Stasis
Medication

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, successful candidates will be able to:

Understand why rabbit anaesthetics differ from other species and how this affects the protocols used
Know the importance of the holistic element and have a rabbit specific pre GA checklist
Be well prepared for a range of different rabbit anaesthetic scenarios and know how and why the induction, monitoring and recovery processes will change for each situation and patient

Resources

This course is:

Four weeks in duration (three weeks of interactive learning, one week of self-study for coursework completion)
Interactive and engaging forum-based learning, with expert tutor guidance and support throughout the learning forum duration
A mixture of short lecture/s and other resources, interactive learning and guided self-study and research
Accessed via our easy-to-use learning platform, alongside fellow vet professionals and your tutor
Flexible – whilst run over set dates there is flexibility to complete study where and when you can during the course run dates – there are no set times that you need to be online.
Structured and practical, and includes assessed coursework, which you will receive personalised feedback on from your tutor

Course resources include:

Access to our flexible online learning environment for the duration of the course
A presentation that can be viewed at any time, and as many times as you like
Interactive, tutor-guided learning forums
Supporting materials, tools and ideas for assisting with and supporting your learning
Assessed coursework with constructive feedback from your tutor
Practical documents created by you, tailored to the needs of your practice
Access to the course materials for a period after the course

Course Summary

Course duration: 4 weeks (12-15 hours flexible/self-directed study time)

Course type: Fully supported and interactive online learning with assessed coursework

Tutor: Jo Hinde-Megarity

Suitable for: Vets, veterinary nurses & veterinary technicians and students

£199.00

See what some of our previous candidates have said about this course….

“Excellent. Discussion forums informative and a new way of learning for me”

Diane

“Vast amount covered in all different areas”

Anon.

“Discussion forums provide an excellent way of participants communicating and the opportunity to share ideas and experiences”

Kim Craik

“The content was vast and covered every detail of rabbit anaesthesia”

Emma

“Jo has excellent knowledge in this area, and knows how to bring this across in an easy to understand way”

Anon.

“The tutor was extremely knowledgeable and regularly provided feedback, and additional questions/information on the forums. I think that the course covered all relevant topics relating to anaesthesia of rabbits. I would definitely use oncore again for future cpd”

Amber Pope

“All topics covered allowed me to think how we approach rabbit anaesthesia in comparison to others or what is gold standard and reflect on how we could possible change our protocol for the better”

Anon.

“Very easy to access and understand content posted, course tutor comments where easily picked out as they were a different colour. Lots of valid references given for further research”

Meghan

“The course covered all relevant areas in a holistic approach to anaesthesia in this extremely high risk species.”

Ewen Bennett

“I felt the course had a good breadth of content in which all topics covered were both relevant and interesting”

Anon.

Jo Hinde formed Lagolearn, the first rabbit specific company to provide training to veterinary professionals

Your Tutor

Jo Hinde-Megarity

RVN

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