Anesthesiology includes the actions and uses of pre-anesthetic drugs as well as that of intravenous, intramuscular and inhalation anesthetics. Special emphasis is placed on monitoring the patient while under any type of anesthesia. Additional student time and assignments will be required outside of scheduled class and laboratory hours. Four credit hours. The veterinary hospital is seen as both a medical and business facility.
Emphasis is on the pivotal role which the veterinary technician can perform.
Topics include human relations both with clients and other staff, basic business principles, medical records, financial transactions, ordering and inventory, supervising and hospitalized animal health care. Computerization and its use in the veterinary office are investigated. Three credit hours. The place of necropsy as a learning experience is explained. Proper techniques for small animal and avian species are demonstrated and other species are illustrated.