If travel, thunder, or fireworks upset your pet, he or she may benefit from tranquilization or sedation. While sedated, the animal will stay awake or sleep lightly but can be…
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Anesthesia and Patient Monitoring
During our medical procedures, the veterinary team monitors all of our patients to ensure they have the safest experience. While under anesthetic the patient is attached to a monitoring system that continuously monitors the patient's vitals, blood pressure, electrocardiograph, and oxygen concentration. This information will allow the team to make necessary adjustments to the anesthesia to ensure the best results.
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 and respiratory rate, blood…
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 their…
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…