Veterinary nurses attending this day will gain superior knowledge in compromised patient anaesthesia, with a specific focus on brachycephalic patients, paediatrics, geriatrics, and pregnancy and caesarean patients. This course will be followed by a practical of “real life” compromised anaesthesia cases requiring a full anaesthesia plan to be created to get them safely through their anaesthesia period

Key Skills:

By the end of this workshop delegates will:

  • Assist in selection of anaesthesia protocols for patients of varying health status and disease states
  • Demonstrate advanced knowledge of multiple compromised patients’ physiology and pathophysiology.
  • Gain confidence with the monitoring, stabilisation and set up required for the anaesthetic period of multiple complex compromised patients

Marcia Fletcher

DVN(Dist), VTS-Anaes, Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Director and founder of The Pink Stethoscope

Marcia Fletcher is a registered veterinary nurse specialist and an international speaker on veterinary anaesthesia. She worked for the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital as the senior anaesthesia nurse for over 16 years. Her patients ranged vastly in size, and included small animals, avian, large animals, equine and exotic patients. In 2011 she became New Zealand’s first Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. She has been New Zealand’s “Vet Nurse of the Year”, and been awarded several teaching awards, including “Teacher of the Year” for veterinary technicians. Marcia is also a RECOVER certified instructor of basic and advanced CPR. In 2020 she left university life to create “The Pink Stethoscope” and independently provide postgraduate veterinary anaesthesia education. Loving all aspects of teaching, her passion has always been to share and impart anaesthesia knowledge to both veterinarians and veterinary technicians and nurses. Marcia currently teaches veterinary anaesthesia throughout New Zealand and Australia, and also delivers webinars for her wider audience around the world. Away from work she enjoys her home life with her husband, daughter, son and very special “fur-daughter” Minnie the cat.

Advanced Veterinary Anaesthesia for Compromised Patients NZ(May 2024)