SA001 - Reducing Fear, Anxiety, Aggression, & Stress in Perioperative Care - Everyone Benefits

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM

Location: South Seas H, Level 3

Earn 1 CE Hours

Presenter(s)

Ralph C. Harvey, DVM, MS, DACVAA (he/him/his)

Chair, Veterinary Advisory Board
PainTrace/BioTraceIT Corporation
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Handouts

Moderator(s)

Leslie Wolff, MRCVS (she/her/hers)

Veterinarian
Animal Clinic of Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States

Practical strategies move our practices and profession toward a more fear-free and stress-free experience. The benefits go far beyond the individual patient, bringing value and quality to our lives.

Learning Objectives:

Define how fear, anxiety, and aggression present in patients
Identify sources of fear, anxiety and aggression
Identify key factors in clinics to reduce fear, anxiety, and aggression in patients
Recognize approaches that add safety and efficiency as well as reduce stress
Change the environment through better medicine and common-sense behaviors
Improve and support the Human Animal Bond