Sedation Heroics

January 30, 2024 @ 9:21 AM

Reading the two Companion Animal Euthanasia Training Academy (CAETA) blogs “Evangelizing New Euthanasia Protocols to CoWorkers” and “Reducing Pain During Pre-Euthanasia Sedative Injections” was an emotional ROLLER COASTER for me! It was inspiring to learn of the many dedicated veterinarians serving so valiantly to bring companion animal euthanasia out of its dark age, but shocking to learn what’s necessary to gain more assurance that a euthanasia will be worthy of the term “good death”. An actual euthanasia, a final event that can so easily traumatize so many, seems like a very inappropriate time for improvisation. But this supports my view that companion animal euthanasia is a procedure that was ...

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