Anesthesia safety and patient monitoring can vary a lot from clinic to clinic. We use the most effective and current drugs and protocols, and monitor every procedure, whether routine or advanced, with the same careful attention. Making sure our patients remain safe during surgery or other medical procedures is extremely important to us. Our team of veterinarians and veterinary technicians is skilled in using anesthesia and monitoring patients to ensure their safety. Our anesthetic protocols are specific to each patient. We use a multi-drug anesthesia technique that involves the use of small doses of a combination of anesthetic drugs, which is safer than using large doses of a single anesthetic agent. For more specific information on our protocols, please see the individual descriptions or contact us with any questions.
We monitor our patients to keep them as safe as possible during procedures that require general anesthesia. A veterinary technician will continually assess your pet’s heart rate and rhythm, respiratory…
For some procedures, your pet will need to be administered general anesthesia so that he or she will be unconscious and not feel pain. Many pet owners worry about the…
If your pet is having a minor surgical or diagnostic procedure performed, we sometimes use a local anesthetic to help control pain. For example, when we perform a biopsy (in…
