Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Anaesthesia and Analgesia overview
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- Willows has a Specialist-led team of Anaesthetists
- Every anaesthetic overseen by the anaesthesia team
- Pain assessment and analgesia protocols tailored to the individual patient
- Unsurpassed, comprehensive service,
24 hours a day, 365 days of the year - Hospitalised patients benefit from
24-hour veterinary and nursing care - Anaesthetist on call out of hours,
365 days of the year - Pain management and acupuncture clinics
- Regular anaesthesia/analgesia CPD provision for general practitioners
- Free telephone advice given with the minimum of delay
Personnel
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European Specialist |
Master Student in pain management |
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BVetMed DVA DipECVAA MRCVS |
DVM CertVA DipECVAA MRCVS |
DVM MRCVS |
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European Specialist
Karen Walsh
BVetMed DVA DipECVAA MRCVS
Board Eligible/
Residency Trained
Alessandra Mathis
DVM CertVA DipECVAA MRCVS
Master Student in pain management
Anna Bryla
DVM MRCVS
Fully supported by a team of highly trained nurses – including 4 with advanced Diplomas and 6 degree nurses
Areas of special interest
Pain management
All patients undergoing surgery at Willows benefit from a multi-modal approach to their pain management.
Techniques used include:
- Epidural injections and catheter placement
- Local anaesthetic blocks
- Continuous rate infusions
- Acupuncture
The Anaesthesia team is closely involved in the analgesia of all hospitalised patients and available for telephone advice for referring veterinary surgeons.
Critical care
- Contributing to a multidisciplinary approach to our critical care patients
- Veterinary surgeon and nurse on site 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Out of hours assessment and case management by Specialists
- Invasive monitoring continued into ICU
- Ability to ventilate patients in the short to medium term
- Extensive experience in managing trauma, neurological and medical critical cases
Critical care anaesthesia
- Assessment, stabilisation and anaesthesia of trauma, neurological and medical patients
- Anaesthetic protocol tailored to the individual patient
- Advanced monitoring including:
- Invasive arterial blood pressure
- Central venous pressure
- Respiratory mechanics
- Blood gas analysis
- Maintenance of anaesthesia with total intravenous techniques when appropriate
- Full crash facilities including defibrillation in theatres and in ICU
Routine case management
All patients anaesthetised at Willows benefit from having:
- Supervision of anaesthetic protocol by
an Anaesthetist - Basic patient monitoring including:
- Dedicated nurse for each patient
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement
- Doppler
- Oscillometric
- End-tidal capnography
- Pulse oximetry
- Temperature
- ECG
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Anaesthesia for MRI |
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Close monitoring of a patient undergoing MRI |
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Anaesthesia for MRI
- MRI compatible monitoring equipment:
- Invasive and non-invasive blood pressure monitoring
- End-tidal capnography
- Pulse oximetry
- ECG
- MRI compatible anaesthetic machine and ventilator
- All staff involved are fully trained to work in the MRI environment
- Challenging brain cases commonly anaesthetised and closely monitored
Close monitoring of a patient undergoing MRI
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Training and education |
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An important part of the anaesthesia team's remit is on-going education of vets and nurses throughout the practice. This occurs on a day to day basis and through seminars on topics including:
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Staff undergoing training in CPR and patient monitoring, using our training mannequin, 'Lazarus' |
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Training and education
An important part of the anaesthesia team's remit is on-going education of vets and nurses throughout the practice. This occurs on a day to day basis and through seminars on topics including:
- Monitoring anaesthesia
- Pain assessment and management
- CPR training for all clinical staff on a yearly basis, to ensure an efficient and effective response in times of emergency
Staff undergoing training in CPR and patient monitoring, using our training mannequin, 'Lazarus'
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