Anesthesia & Euthanasia

done

local, regional, general

Three types of anesthtic methods

What affects anesthesia

size, age, gender, recent feeding, fear and activity, tranquilizers, concurrent disease

dermal/topical, injectable (IM, IV, IP, SC), inhalant

4 methods of anesthetic delivery

cardiac, respiratory

2 body systems affected by anesthetic emergencies

stage 1

rising pain

stage 2

excitement phase

stage 3

surgical anesthesia - plane 3

stage 4

respiratory paralysis

jaw tone, swallowing reflex, withdraw reflex, palpebral refelx, corneal reflex

4 methods of assessing adequate anesthesia/analgesia

ideal euthanasia method

rapid death no pain

panic distress

minimum time to loss of consciousness

reliable, reproducible

minimum environmental impact

simple easy equipment

minimum undesirable phsiological effects

number of animals to be euthanized