Course Description

Join Professor Paulo Steagall—an internationally recognised leader in veterinary anaesthesia and pain management —for an intensive two-day course including a bit of everything. Five years later, Paulo will be back at OKEAN with a course designed for practitioners seeking to elevate their clinical skills. He will blend didactic lectures with practical learning, a masterclass, an interactive workshop, case discussions and more, covering core topics such as analgesic drugs, fluid therapy, anaesthetic machines, local anaesthetic techniques, and species-specific challenges, including feline emergencies and brachycephalic anaesthesia.
Participants will certainly gain confidence in managing both routine and complex anaesthesia and acute pain scenarios. Professor Steagall’s evidence-based, clinically relevant teaching style ensures that every attendee leaves with applicable strategies to improve patient safety and outcomes in daily practice.

Course Objectives

• Compare and select appropriate anaesthetic and analgesic protocols for varying clinical situations.
• Apply advanced fluid therapy strategies in perioperative case management.
• Safely operate and troubleshoot common anaesthetic delivery systems, including inhalant equipment.
• Perform local anaesthetic blocks on anatomical specimens to enhance multimodal pain management.
• Recognise and respond to common feline anaesthetic emergencies.
• Design tailored anaesthesia plans for high-risk patients, such as brachycephalic breeds, while implementing pain assessment tools in clinical practice.