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Although anesthesia and surgery today are very safe, some risks still exist.
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Our team is dedicated to providing the highest quality and standard of care when monitoring your pet under anesthesia. In order to achieve this, we perform the following procedures before and during your pets anesthetic procedure. All pets have preanesthetic bloodwork and a clotting profile completed before a procedure. This testing can identify many pre-existing conditions that may pose a significant health risk to your pet. These conditions include kidney, liver, and heart problems, or systemic diseases such as diabetes or cancer. The clotting profile may determine if your pet has a clotting abnormality that could cause a problem during surgery. Preanesthetic testing gives your veterinarian the knowledge to keep your pet safe during surgical procedures.
Intravenous catheters are placed and warm IV fluids are given to your pet during anesthesia. Fluids help maintain blood pressure and allow rapid administration of drugs should an emergency situation develop.
Your pets vital signs are monitored continuously with an EKG machine, blood pressure machine, capnograph, pulse Ox, temperature probe, and an esophageal stethoscope. Your pet is kept warm with circulating warm water heating pads, and warm IV fluids. Pets vital signs are recorded in a surgery log every few minutes.
After the procedure, your pet is recovered in a heated recovery ICU unit with warm blankets, and a soft bed and pillow. Pets temperatures are monitored every 30 minutes until full recovery. Warm IV fluids are continued until your pet is completely recovered and walking.
Pain medications and antibiotics are given to your pet before and after a surgical procedure.
