Anesthetic Monitoring
At Valley Animal Hospital we use the latest anesthetic agents as well as gas anesthetic machines to deliver oxygen as well as the gas anesthetic.
In addition to trained surgical technicians being present during all anesthetic procedures, we monitor our patients using the lastest digital equipment seen here on the photo at right. In the unlikely event that a patient develops a problem during the anesthetic process, using this monitoring equipment we can literally catch problems arisng and take corrective action long before any potential collapse of major organs occurs. Using this equipment, we monitor the following vital signs:
- SpO2 - this is the concentration of oxygen in the blood stream.
- Pulse - this monitors the strength of the heartbeat and gives us advance warning of cardiac weakness.
- Respiration - this is how many times the patient is breathing every minute.
- Temperature - this helps us prevent a low body temperature that could result in a state of hypothermy. This is especially true in surgeries lasting greater than 1/2 hour.
- ECG or Electrocardiogram - here, we monitor for any irregularities of the heartbeat.
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