High Risk Anaesthesia
R1580,00
- 6 months‘ access to the online Khula Classroom
- Work through course material at your own pace
- 9 comprehensive modules
- Over 9 hours of content
- Downloadable course material
- Fully CPD accredited for 9 CPD points
- This course is for qualified, SAVC registered vets and vet nurses
Course Overview
This advanced course is designed to equip you with practical, case-based strategies for managing complex anaesthetic patients with confidence. Across nine comprehensive modules, we explore critical risk categories including airway compromise, age-related considerations, shock and sepsis, trauma, GDV, hepatic and renal disease, obesity and oncology, endocrine disorders, and neurological patients.
By focusing on decision-making, complication anticipation, and patient-specific planning, this course will strengthen your ability to navigate high-risk cases safely and systematically in everyday practice.
Course Outline
Module 1: The Compromised Airway
- Airflow physiology (r⁴ principle)
- BOAS, laryngeal paralysis, tracheal collapse
- Rapid airway control & recovery
Module 2: Anaesthesia for Different Lifestages
- Neonatal to geriatric physiology
- Age-specific drug and fluid strategies
- C-section planning & newborn resuscitation
Module 3: Shock, SIRS and Sepsis
- Oxygen delivery & perfusion physiology
- Recognising SIRS and septic progression
- Stabilisation before and during anaesthesia
Module 4: Anaesthesia in the Trauma Patients
- Primary survey & damage control
- ATT scoring & shock index
- Stabilisation and cardiovascular-sparing GA
Module 5: Anaesthetic Management of GDV
- Obstructive & distributive shock
- Rapid decompression & stabilisation
- Cardiovascular-sparing GA protocols
Module 6: Anaesthesia in Hepatic and Renal Disease
- Perfusion and oxygen delivery principles
- Hepatic metabolism & coagulation risk
- Renal staging, fluid balance & drug selection
Module 7: Obesity & Oncology
- Metabolic burden & reduced reserve
- Drug dosing and ideal body weight considerations
- Oncologic staging, chemotherapy & surgical timing
Module 8: Anaesthesia in Endocrine Disease
- Adrenal, thyroid and diabetic patients
- Glucose, electrolyte and cardiovascular optimisation
- Anaesthetic drug selection and crisis prevention
Module 9: Fundamentals of Neuroanaesthesia
- Intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion
- Stabilisation of brain and spinal emergencies
- Drug selection and monitoring priorities
Speaker
Prof Gareth Zeiler
BVSc(Hons), MMedVet(Anaesth), PhD(UP), PhD(WITS), Dipl. ECVAA, Dipl. ACVAA, Dipl. ECVECC
Prof Gareth Zeiler runs the anaesthesia and critical care service at Valley Farm Animal Hospital. Apart from these duties he also actively trains residents who are specialising in veterinary anaesthesia.
He graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria in 2006 and returned in 2011 to specialise in veterinary anaesthesia. Since then he has passed board examinations in Europe (Dipl. ECVAA), and America (Dipl. ACVAA).
In addition to his duties at Valley Farm Animal Hospital, Dr Gareth is an extraordinary lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, where he trains undergraduate and postgraduate students. His fields of interest in research are fluid dynamics and management in domestic animals, and the physiology of wildlife immobilisation and anaesthesia.
Prof Gareth and his wife enjoy hiking, travelling, and spending time with family and friends.
Thoroughly enjoyed this!
Content very well explained and relevant even for smaller practices, not just big hospitals.
Really liked the course, prof Z is very good at bringing high level medicine into a practical setting