Vet Med: Monitoring Anesthesia

In this weeks video we discuss monitoring anesthesia vitals for vet techs! We review what normal anesthetic vitals are, how to determine your gas anesthesia percentage and oxygen flow rate, and how to address abnormal vitals during anesthesia.
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[@queenkuntress4283]

Omg, I was monitoring a patient the other day and was thinking wtf am I doing? THANK YOU. My studies didnt even go this deep into it, and even though I feel like I have ALOT more to learn with monitoring, this really helped to grasp a more thorough understanding of what to adjust and what not. It can be very overwhelming and I'm glad you covered this. Subscribed.

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you so much! I definitely felt that way when I first started monitoring as well and it can be overwhelming. If you want to hear more in anything specific let me know!

[@newyorkcity8549]

Great video! Thanks for filling a necessary void on KZbin. Veterinary technician info is extremely sparse. Thank you!

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you so much!

[@KeilyngGallartRoberts]

Thank you for this video! I am a baby tech and anesthesia seems very intimidating, actively searching for simple resources that will break things down. You ROCK! :)

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you! If you have any specific requests let me know! I may do a video about walking through a specific anesthetic case from beginning to end so stay tuned!

[@katieh837]

Thanks for the video. You’re very good at breaking things down in a way that is understandable. I would love to hear more about interpreting capnography!!

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

I definitely am planning to make a detailed capno video. It is the most useful tool and I love it!

[@SecretSquirrel-gp7kz]

Super helpful as a refresher. Out of FT practice since the pandemic and now going back FT. I'll take all i can get. Thank you for great content

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you so much and good luck getting back into the swing of it!

[@haleygillenwater8971]

Gearing up to go to tech school soon and LOVING all of these videos. Thank you so much for these

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you and good luck!

[@lesleycoviello4285]

Excellent video and explanation. It was great. Love the kitties too!❤ More anesthesia videos please😃

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you! Will do!

[@alexlight6904]

Thank you for your video! Definitely would be awesome to go deeper in this topic, especially with different anesthetic and another video how to act in case when something can go wrong

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Great suggestion! What to do when things aren’t going well in anesthesia is a favorite topic of mine. Soon to come!

[@Claire-ut2zv]

This video was super helpful! Thank you for making it and explaining!

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you so much!

[@linapark153]

This was super helpful! Thank you for sharing!

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you!

[@ashleysutphin3684]

This was great! Do you have any videos or tips/tricks about cleaning your anesthesia tubing? Would love to see how others do it!

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you! I will try to put something together!

[@aliatiker]

Thank you @Jennifer Lyons

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you!

[@mentallycrafted]

Appreciate you putting this up.

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you so much!

[@2hiplaura]

A year n half off and I monitor tomorrow....you should teach. T.Y. and following.

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

If you ever have any specific questions be sure to let me know!

[@dianasemerdjian4707]

Thank you for these videos!! 💗💗

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you for the comment! Let me know if there is something you want to see!

[@All-in-but-not-all-there]

Thanks for sharing . Very informative ❤ 🐾

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you!

[@pacificprospector]

I really wish vet would give more "full disclosure" regarding their use of buprenorphine with dex-medetomidine for short-term "sedation"....they said they would administer a reversing agent (for the Presidex) but the buprenorphine was not reversed (and really can't be) and b/c of the 22 hour half-life...it took our dog around 4-5 days to recover from a simple X-ray procedure. This is the danger when drug companies start pushing drugs to vets, who themselves don't really understand just what they are handling. Our other dogs recovered within hours after these kinds of procedures in the past. So the (dex)medetomidine was "controllable" but the buprenorphine they use in combo screwed things up. Ask questions people when you go to the vet and get clear answers.

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

I’m really sorry about your experience that sounds like it was a hard situation to be in with your pet. I appreciate you asking questions and advocating for your pet! I will say the doctors I work with never speak to reps directly and do not get anything for recommending one brand of drug over another. But drugs can be really complicated and sometimes have unfortunate negative side effects that aren’t anticipated.

[@pacificprospector]

Thank you for your concern and reply. I'd practiced myself in a hospital (human) and worked closely with anesthesiologists & OR staff, so I can at least look up these drugs and know what to investigate when things go sideways. The general public (like myself at the time) would not know what questions to ask and what to watch for. We explained the difficulties we were experiencing, but the response (not from the actual vet----they don't take phone calls), by the assistent at the vet office, was to just direct us to an "emergency vet" clinic. This was incredible, most the medical staff I worked with would deal with issues on their patients. I really wish this was just an isolated incidence, but we unfortunately concluded this is what passes for animal care in our area among vet staff. @@jenniferlyonsvts

[@rosegroshek1218]

4-5 days of recovery is unusually long to recover and there is likely other underlying health issues

[@gabrielepabagonzalez6085]

Jennifer thank so much a video

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you for watching!

[@mnadeemasi]

Hi ...Thank you for the wonderful video.....do you use PPV during anesthesia and if so when and how? Thanks

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

You can use PPV as needed for patients that are hypoventilating, apneic, or hyperventilating and difficult to keep in a good plane. I’ll make a video about how to do it!

[@gurmeetbathan7990]

Very good presentation.

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thank you so much!

[@jomagovan]

Thank you!

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Thanks for watching!

[@gabrielepabagonzalez6085]

could you please continuing explain that topic

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

I’ll try to get more anesthesia videos planned!

[@lu.uk33]

Amazing! Tks a lot 👏🏻

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Glad you liked it!

[@danielculpepper9258]

At 8:20 you are saying that the O2 requirement for a dog is 4-7 ml/kg/min which is not true! Later on in the video you show the normal O2 rates on screen correctly! For example 30ml/kg/min for a dog on a rebreathing circuit.

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Hi Daniel! Initially I was speaking solely of metabolic oxygen requirement, the amount of oxygen used by a patient, which is estimated at 4-7 ml/kg/min for cats and dogs. As opposed to oxygen flow rates within the anesthesia circuit.

[@HenryIsadiah-lb6jm]

Help me . I have anesthesia exam soon

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

Good luck!

[@HenryIsadiah-lb6jm]

@@jenniferlyonsvts Would you like helping me on how to prepare for this :

[@Lizeeeeee.e.e]

I wanted to pay attention to the content so so bad but I was so distracted by you playing with the cat and moving around 😩😩 I’m going to save it and listen with just headphones in

[@jenniferlyonsvts]

They’re distracting for me too 😳