Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in BSc (Veterinary Biology)/DVM.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Apply knowledge of the basic principles of surgery including the fundamentals of aseptic technique, instrument use and tissue handling, suturing and wound healing. 

2.

Demonstrate competency in basic technical skills required to prepare for and perform aseptic surgery including patient and surgeon preparation, gowning, gloving and draping.

3.

Demonstrate competency in basic technical skills required to handle surgical instruments and use these to incise and suture tissue with construction of various suture patterns. 

4.

Demonstrate competency in fundamental anaesthesia skills such as intubation, catheterisation, setting up breathing systems,

5.

Apply theoretical knowledge, critical thinking and problem solving to clinical problems and scenarios relevant to anaesthesia and surgical management

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:Topics included in the unit include · Aseptic technique · Tissue handling and instrumentation · Suture material, patterns and knot tying · Basic wound healing · Pharmacology of tranquilisers, analgesic and anaesthetic drugs · Anaesthetic drug administration, effects and indications · Delivery of inhalant anaesthetics including principles of intubation and selection and use of different breathing systems · Monitoring equipment used in anaesthetised animals · Physiology of pain and pain assessment