Small Animal Anesthesiology Service

Catalog description

Students are responsible for anesthetizing animals presented to the anesthesia service under the supervision of the Anesthesia staff. During the day, students will work closely with either the anesthesiologist on duty, a senior anesthesia nurse or an anesthesia resident. Students will be scheduled with a nurse or resident for "on-call" night and weekend duty. On-call duties begin the first Monday (or first day) of the rotation and continue through to the last Sunday night(or last day before the next rotation). The anesthesia service provides on-call services from 7 pm until 7 am during weekdays, and from Friday 7 pm until Monday 7 am over the weekend. In general, students schedule themselves for the on-call duties. Most services assign one student on-call per night during weekdays and split the weekend into 12-hour shifts