Lecture 1: Under Pressure: Taking Control of Anesthetic Complications (60 – 75 min). This lecture focusses on the three “H’s” of anesthesia: hypotension, hypoventilation and hypothermia. Particular emphasis will be placed on drug selection and administration for treating hypotension in practice. 

Lecture 2: Finding Your Rhythm: ECGs Under Anesthesia (45 – 60 min). ECG interpretation often causes the greatest uncertainty among monitoring modalities. This session builds confidence in distinguishing arrhythmia from artefact, and determining when — and how — intervention is required.

Lecture 3: Beyond Non-Steroidals: The Chronic Pain Armoury (60 min). Chronic pain is complex and challenging to treat, but fortunately we have an expanding pharmacy of options. This lecture reviews validated assessment tools and evidence-based, multimodal pharmaceutical strategies for managing osteoarthritis and other chronic pain conditions. 

Lecture 4: The Bread & Butter Blocks: Hitting the Target with Locoregional Anesthesia (60 min). Ultrasound-guided locoregional blocks are becoming increasingly popular in veterinary medicine — and for good reason. They enhance patient comfort, reduce systemic drug requirements and improve anesthetic quality. This session covers the essential “bread and butter” blocks, along with signposting to resources that will allow you to take these skills into practice.  

Lecture 5: ASA 3+ Anesthesia: A Comorbidity Challenge (60 – 75 min). This interactive, case-based session explores the approach to higher risk anesthetic patients, from heart murmurs to brachycephalics. We will tailor anesthetic protocols to specific comorbidities and discuss drug selection strategies, including the various applications of Alfaxan. 

Lecture 6: Perioperative Nausea and Vomiting: The Big “Little” Problem of Veterinary Anesthesia? (45 – 60 min). Post-operative nausea and vomiting afflicts 30-80% of people, many of whom rate it as worse than surgical pain. A similar proportion of dogs may be affected and we are all familiar with the emetic effects of dexmedetomidine in cats. Our perioperative care prioritizes pain management, but many analgesics are nauseating. This lecture tackles how we can improve the recovery of patients facing this underrecognized complication.