Anesthetic Records

Question 1

veterinarians act requires us to monitor patient under anesthesia until what point?

Answer 1

Must monitor until stable & fully recovered anesthesia

Question 2

who is allowed to monitor? who is responsible for all drugs and complications?

Answer 2

-monitoring can be done by DVM or trained staff if supervised
-DVM is responsible for all drugs and any complications/death

Question 3

who sets the minimum standards for anesthetic logs in ontario?

Answer 3

CVO

Question 4

what categories of information are required on an anesthetic log?

Answer 4

-Patient ID and client information
-procedure
-pre-op info, condition
-DVM name and signature
-tech name

-Sedatives, Anesthetics & Analgesics
>Amount &Time
>Premedication and Induction
¡ Record drugs on separate lines with total mgs
¡ Record time of administration and score
>Analgesia
¡ mgs
¡ Time of admin

-Anesthetic circuit
-ET size and type
-Monitors used
-Positioning
-Fluids

-cardiopulmonary parameters q5min
-temp

-complications

-recovery sedatives, scoring and times

-discard of controlled drugs