For small mammals, such as mice, where an injection could be too distressing or difficult, some veterinarians use lethal doses
of anesthetic gases like chloroform in an anesthetic chamber.
At the completion of the surgery, the veterinarian will have the technical staff stop the flow
of the anesthetic gas.
We use a variety of premedications and constant rate infusions to provide additional pain relief and help to reduce the amount
of anesthetic gas necessary to anesthetize our patients.
The level
of anesthetic gas is controlled to keep your pet anesthetized during the procedure, allowing for a quick and safe recovery.
The gas anesthetic machine is attached to the endotracheal tube, allowing your pet to breathe oxygen and regulating the amount
of anesthetic gas to be administered, which a technician monitors.
Next, a tube attached to a tank
of anesthetic gas is inserted into the trachea.
Not exact matches
Researchers, including one from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTech, a chemist from the University
of Copenhagen and an anesthesiologist from the University
of Michigan Medical School, studied three
anesthetic gases: isoflurane, desflurane and sevoflurane.
There are newer injectable and inhalation (
gas)
anesthetic agents that can significantly decrease the effects
of the
anesthetic episode.
The
anesthetic gas we use today provide the highest level
of safety for your pet during
anesthetic and surgical procedures.
Proper
anesthetic protocol, using oxygen and a
gas inhalant delivered through a cuffed endotracheal tube to keep an open and protected airway, allows technicians to scale and polish all surfaces
of the teeth, both above and below the gumline, safely and effectively.
We use the safest available injectable and
gas anesthetics to provide that extra margin
of safety.
This medication is called an «induction agent» and lasts only long enough to establish the maintenance
of anesthesia by the inhalant
anesthetic (
gas).
The tube will then be connected to a machine that will provide a safe
gas anesthetic to keep your pet free
of pain during the surgery.
In a veterinary hospital setting, amounts
of general
anesthetic gas or narcotics that are inappropriately large for your pet's condition or body weight will also slowly lead to total failure
of its respiratory centers if not promptly tended to.
Through combinations
of sedatives, intravenous and local injections, and
anesthetic gas, we can safely handle patient's needs whether for the young or old, healthy or sick, large or small.
When surgery is completed, the
gas anesthetic is turned off, and your pet is taken off
of the
anesthetic machine and the monitoring machines.
The most common combination is a pre-
anesthetic sedative and analgesic combination that is administered by injection, followed by an induction agent that is also administered by injection, and maintenance
of the anesthetized state with an
anesthetic gas mixed with oxygen.
In order to ensure accurate delivery
of the
gas anesthetic, a breathing tube, called an endotracheal tube, is inserted into the windpipe or trachea.
Although anesthesia can never be risk free, the use
of modern
gas anesthetics such as sevoflurane and isoflurane, sophisticated monitoring equipment, as well as intravenous catheters and IV fluids have greatly improved the safety
of general anesthesia.
New York (would mandate euthanasia by injection or EBI), Pennsylvania (would also ban chloroform, ether, halothan, fluothane, or similar substance when used in an airtight chamber or plastic bag, North Carolina (would mandate EBI), Georgia (EBI mandated already for dogs and cats and bill would close loopholes that allow many counties to continue to use CO
gas; the bill would allow heartstick only if the animal is unconscious, heavily sedated or comatose), West Virginia (would ban new Co
gas chambers), New Mexico, Louisiana (would ban CO chambers for dogs and cats and also ban heartstick unless the «animal is unconscious or rendered completely unconscious and insensitive to pain through the injection
of an
anesthetic») and Michigan (would also ban CO2).
New Jersey does not permit the use
of a decompression chamber or lethal
gas except an inhalant
anesthetic in killing shelter animals.
The
anesthetic machine delivers measured amounts
of gas anesthesia and oxygen to the patient.
We only use the safest
gas anesthesia available and have top -
of - the - line
anesthetic monitors that continuously monitor blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen levels to ensure our patients safety during surgery.
An
anesthetic procedure should include: a physical examination, sedatives, blood screening, an IV catheter, I.V. fluids, I.V. induction, maintenance
gas anesthetic, monitoring and management
of depth, heart rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, temperature, carbon dioxide levels.