FECAVA Certificate in Small Animal Anaesthesia and Analgesia

About Course

Advance your clinical expertise in small animal anaesthesia and analgesia with short, practical webinars of approximately 30 minutes each, designed for busy veterinarians. Learn from the best international experts and earn the FECAVA Certification in Small Animal Anaesthesia and Analgesia upon completion.

This certificate program, sponsored by Dechra, is designed for veterinarians working with small animals. The course delivers high-quality, bite-sized webinars that fit into your busy clinical schedule. You will gain evidence-based knowledge and practical strategies to improve patient safety and perioperative pain management in dogs and cats.

Course Content

Module I – Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to content, assessments, grading and deadline

08:33
Lecture 2: Pre-anaesthetic Assessment and Patient Preparation

34:43
Lecture 3: Ethics in Anaesthesia and Pain management: how far can we go?

31:29
Lecture 4: Feline and Canine Patient Handling

44:22
Lecture 5: Anaesthetic-induced Morbidity and Mortality in Small Animals

32:34
Lecture 6: Promoting Patient Safety Culture: The Power of checklists in Clinical Practice

30:11
Lecture 7: Basic Clinical Pharmacology of Drugs Used for Companion Animal Anaesthesia and Analgesia

33:38

Module II – Acute Pain Management

Lecture 8: Pain management I – Nociception, Pathophysiology, and Classification

23:31
Lecture 9: Pain management II – Acute Pain Recognition and Assessment

33:54
Lecture 10: Pain management III – The Feline Grimace Scale

30:46
Lecture 11: Pain management IV – Principles of Acute Pain Management

30:47
Lecture 12: Pain management V – Tools and Toys

31:36
Lecture 13: Pain management VI – The Pain clinic

37:22
Lecture 14: Premedication, Sedation and Oligoanalgesia

36:48
Lecture 15: Case discussion: Premedication and pain management

44:40
Lecture 16: Pain management VII – Locoregional Anaesthesia

33:27
Lecture 17: Simple and easy Local Anaesthetic Blocks in Small Animal Practice

34:59
Lecture 18: Introduction to Ultrasound-Guided Local Anaesthetic Techniques

28:53

Module III – Foundations of Anaesthesia

Lecture 19: Injectable Anaesthetics & Anaesthetic Induction

30:26
Lecture 20: Anaesthetic Induction and TIVA: case discussions

32:54
Lecture 21: Airway Management

42:18
Lecture 22: Fundamentals of Ventilation

58:28
Lecture 23: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

31:02
Lecture 24: Volatile anesthesia I – Basic Concepts

27:02
Lecture 25: Volatile anesthesia II – Applied Clinical Pharmacology

34:19
Lecture 26: Balanced Anaesthesia

42:07
Lecture 27: Anaesthetic Machine and Delivering Systems

23:45
Lecture 28: Breathing Systems and Scavenging

24:28
Lecture 29: Monitoring I

34:35
Lecture 30: Monitoring II

37:16
Lecture 31: Fluid Therapy in the Context of Anaesthesia – Principles and Planning: what to give and when

27:04
Lecture 32: Managing the Hypotensive Anaesthetised patient – Treating the cause, not the number

16:43
Lecture 33: A practical Clinical Approach to Treating Hypotension in the Anaesthetised Patient – Case discussion

34:18
Lecture 34: Acid-base Physiology

40:14
Lecture 35: Metabolic Acid-base Disturbances

42:01
Lecture 36: Sepsis for the Anaesthetist Part I – define and diagnose

30:27
Lecture 37: Sepsis for the Anaesthetist Part II – survive sepsis

30:44
Lecture 38: Anaesthetic Complications – Part I (Cardiovascular)

29:17
Lecture 39: Anaesthetic Complications – Part II (Respiratory, Emergence and Thermoregulation)

30:14
Lecture 40: Anaesthetic Recovery

35:10
Lecture 41: Peri-anaesthetic Emergencies and Resuscitation

30:53
Lecture 42: Unique Challenges during Feline Anaesthesia

43:04
Lecture 43: Euthanasia

33:48
Lecture 44: Myths and facts about Small Animal Anaesthesia

18:58

Module IV- Special Patients – Case Discussions

Lecture 45: Anaesthetic Management in Cardiovascular Disease

34:13
Lecture 46: Anaesthetic Management in Neurologic Disease

34:02
Lecture 47: Anaesthetic Management in Respiratory Disease

34:24
Lecture 48: Anaesthetic management in Brachycephalic Patients

32:36
Lecture 49: Anaesthetic management in Renal Disease

32:19
Lecture 50: Anaesthetic Management in C-section and for the Newborn

30:45
Lecture 51: Anaesthetic & Analgesic Management in Ophthalmology

41:16
Lecture 52: Anaesthetic Management in Geriatrics

31:08
Lecture 53: Anaesthetic Management in Endocrine Disease

39:37

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Module I – Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to content, assessments, grading and deadline

Lecture 2: Pre-anaesthetic Assessment and Patient Preparation

Lecture 3: Ethics in Anaesthesia and Pain management: how far can we go?

Lecture 4: Feline and Canine Patient Handling

Lecture 5: Anaesthetic-induced Morbidity and Mortality in Small Animals

Lecture 6: Promoting Patient Safety Culture: The Power of checklists in Clinical Practice

Lecture 7: Basic Clinical Pharmacology of Drugs Used for Companion Animal Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Module II – Acute Pain Management

Lecture 8: Pain management I – Nociception, Pathophysiology, and Classification

Lecture 9: Pain management II – Acute Pain Recognition and Assessment

Lecture 10: Pain management III – The Feline Grimace Scale

Lecture 11: Pain management IV – Principles of Acute Pain Management

Lecture 12: Pain management V – Tools and Toys

Lecture 13: Pain management VI – The Pain clinic

Lecture 14: Premedication, Sedation and Oligoanalgesia

Lecture 15: Case discussion: Premedication and pain management

Lecture 16: Pain management VII – Locoregional Anaesthesia

Lecture 17: Simple and easy Local Anaesthetic Blocks in Small Animal Practice

Lecture 18: Introduction to Ultrasound-Guided ​Local Anaesthetic Techniques

Module III – Foundations of Anaesthesia

Lecture 19: Injectable Anaesthetics & Anaesthetic Induction

Lecture 20: Anaesthetic Induction and TIVA: case discussions

Lecture 21: Airway Management

Lecture 22: Fundamentals of Ventilation

Lecture 23: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

Lecture 24: Volatile anesthesia I – Basic Concepts

Lecture 25: Volatile anesthesia II – Applied Clinical Pharmacology

Lecture 26: Balanced Anaesthesia

Lecture 27: Anaesthetic Machine and Delivering Systems

Lecture 28: Breathing Systems and Scavenging

Lecture 29: Monitoring I

Lecture 30: Monitoring II

Lecture 31: Fluid Therapy in the Context of Anaesthesia – Principles and Planning: what to give and when

Lecture 32: Managing the Hypotensive Anaesthetised patient – Treating the cause, not the number

Lecture 33: A practical Clinical Approach to Treating Hypotension in the Anaesthetised Patient – Case discussion

Lecture 34: Acid-base Physiology

Lecture 35: Metabolic Acid-base Disturbances

Lecture 36: Sepsis for the Anaesthetist Part I – define and diagnose

Lecture 37: Sepsis for the Anaesthetist Part II – survive sepsis

Lecture 38: Anaesthetic Complications – Part I (Cardiovascular)

Lecture 39: Anaesthetic Complications – Part II (Respiratory, Emergence and Thermoregulation)

Lecture 40: Anaesthetic Recovery

Lecture 41: Peri-anaesthetic Emergencies and Resuscitation

Lecture 42: Unique Challenges during Feline Anaesthesia

Lecture 43: Euthanasia

Lecture 44: Myths and facts about Small Animal Anaesthesia

Module IV- Special Patients – Case Discussions

Lecture 45: Anaesthetic Management in Cardiovascular Disease

Lecture 46: Anaesthetic Management in Neurologic Disease

Lecture 47: Anaesthetic Management in Respiratory Disease

Lecture 48: Anaesthetic management in Brachycephalic Patients

Lecture 49: Anaesthetic management in Renal Disease

Lecture 50: Anaesthetic Management in C-section and for the Newborn

Lecture 51: Anaesthetic & Analgesic Management in Ophthalmology​

Lecture 52: Anaesthetic Management in Geriatrics

Lecture 53: Anaesthetic Management in Endocrine Disease

Lecture 18: Introduction to Ultrasound-Guided Local Anaesthetic Techniques

Lecture 51: Anaesthetic & Analgesic Management in Ophthalmology