ExpiredTake the OUCH Out of Dentistry Procedures: Technicians – May 2018

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  • May 9, 2018
    1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Interactive lecture focusing on anesthesia for dentistry procedures, presented by Jessica Antonicic, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia).  For technicians.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Understand your role in anesthesia/analgesia from admit through recovery
  • Identify common anesthetic complications and how to treat them
  • Understand common anesthetic and analgesic drugs and how to use them
  • Implement multimodal pain management protocols for your dentistry patients
  • Create an anesthetic / analgesic protocols for dentistry patients with specific diseases

Topics covered:

  • Admit through Recovery: What to do and when
  • Don’t Shut Off the Alarms….Monitoring and Troubleshooting
    • Parameters that should be monitored for dentistry patients under anesthesia
    • Common abnormalities and how to treat them
    • ECG ABCs, end tidal CO2
  • Take the Ouch Out of Dentistry Procedures
    • Appropriate perioperative support and clinical evaluation
    • Common anesthetic and analgesic drugs and how to use them
    • Multimodal pain management
    • Appropriate anesthetic protocols for dentistry patients
  • Anesthetic / Analgesic Plan for Dentistry / Oral Surgery patients: Case-based discussion
    • Pre-op, intra-op and post-op considerations
    • Cases:
      • Dog with heart murmur
      • Cat with renal disease
      • Hyperthyroid cat
      • Brachycephalic dog
      • Long anesthetic procedure

About Jessica Antonicic:

Jessica Antonicic is a Certified Veterinary Technician and Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia, with over 14 years of experience in the veterinary field. She has experience working in several areas of veterinary medicine including general practice, research and specialty surgery.

Jessica graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a BS in Zoology, followed by a Certification in Veterinary Technology from Joliet Junior College in 2002. After an externship at Northwestern University in Chicago, Jessica became an Animal Care Coordinator and Surgical Technician at Rush University Medical Center, working with investigators to plan and perform surgical procedures with multiple species of research animals, including non-human primates. In 2005, Jessica returned to private practice as a Surgical Technician at Arboretum View Animal Hospital in Downers Grove, IL. For the next 4 years, she continued to develop advanced surgical skills in critical patient monitoring, ventilator use, placing urinary, jugular, arterial and central venous catheters, and administering blood products.

In 2008, Jessica received an advanced certification in anesthesia as a VTS, which was recently renewed in 2013. Jessica spent a year as a Surgical Technician at CARE Animal Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL, before joining the surgery team at MedVet Chicago (formerly Chicago Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center) as an Anesthesia Technician in 2010. Jessica has had the opportunity to attend several major veterinary conferences including the ACVS Symposium, IVECCS, and ISVMA and has also presented continuing education programs at ISVMA and several local CE events.

 

Registration fee includes: Seminar, seminar notes, and continuing education credits.

Allowed Attendees

  • Technicians

CE Hours

  • 4

Venue:  

Address:
5555 Trillium Blvd., Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60195, United States