

All times for both days Pacific (PDT)
Saturday, May 3
6:15 AM - 6:30 AM - President's Welcome
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Launching Your Veterinary Anesthesiology Practice : A Guide to Success
Speaker: Dr. Duffy Jones, DVM
7:40 AM - 8:40 AM - Patient Safety Science and Psychological Safety in Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Dr. Rochelle Low, DVM, MHL, MaS
8:50 AM - 9:50 AM - Utility of Preanesthetic Diagnosis + Panel Discussion
Speaker: Dr. Tasha Bartel, BScH, BVM&S, MRCVS, DACVAA
9:50 AM - 10:30 PM - Break
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - The Anesthesia Machine: Overview & Safety Checks + Panel Discussion
Speaker: Jen Burke, RVT, VTS (A&A)
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM - Common Anesthesia Equipment Issues + Panel Discussion
Speaker: Mandi Gerigk, BAS, CVT
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM - Understanding Capnography + Panel Discussion
Speaker: Sharon Klinger, RVT, VTS (A&A, EVN)
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM - Closing Remarks
Sunday, May 4
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Pain in Farmed Animals : Understanding the Barriers to Mitigation and Improving Welfare
Speaker: Dr. Abigale Zoltick, DVM
7:40 AM - 8:40 AM - Equine Pain Management + Panel Discussion
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Reed, DVM, DACVAA
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM - Panel Discussion #8
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM - Brief Overview of Anesthesia for Blunt Trauma Patient + Panel Discussion
Speaker: Dr. PenTing (Ben) Liao, DVM, MVM, DVSc, DACVAA, DACVECC
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM - Break
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM -
AAHA Fluid Guidelines Review
Speaker: Erin Spencer M.Ed., CVT, VTS (ECC) (15 minutes)
RECOVER Guidelines Review
Speaker: Stephanie Foster, B.Sc, RVT, VTS (ECC) (15 minutes)
ACVAA Monitoring Guidelines Review
Speaker: Dr. Lydia Love, DVM, DACVAA (15 minutes)
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM - Paper Review (3 x 10 minutes) & Discussion (1 hour total)
Speaker: Darci Palmer, LVT, VTS (A&A)
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM - Anesthesia Quackery
Speaker: Dr. Flavio Freitag, DVM, MSc. DVSc., DACVAA
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Closing Remarks