VT25 - Oxygen: Yes, It Is a Drug

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

Location: Lagoon H, Level 2

Earn 1 CE Hours

Presenter(s)

Andrea M. Steele, RVT, VTS (ECC), MSc

Supervisor, Patient Care and Service Delivery
Ontario Veterinary College
Stouffville, ON, Canada

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Moderator(s)

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Julianne G. Evenhus, CVT

Director of Operations
AmeriVet Partners
Somerville, MA, United States

General Veterinary Technician Session: A focus on the use of oxygen in critical care, assessing the need for oxygen through blood gases and saturations, assessing how much oxygen to give (titrating!), and how to deliver oxygen effectively to critical patients. Includes the physiology of oxygen delivery and the oxy-hemoglobin dissociation curve, and how both are affected in critical animals.

Learning Objectives:

Understand oxygen delivery to the tissues
Understand movement of oxygen throughout the body
Understand signs of a patient that is in need of oxygen
Understand oxygen delivery methods