Using a low-cost anesthetic chamber as a didactic tool to explain the basics of general anesthesia to veterinary medicine students

Abstract

A low-cost glass-assembled and easy to handleanesthetic chamber is presented, easy handlingand cleaning, as a didactic manner to explain,by using mice, the basis of the inhaled generalanesthesia to veterinary medicine students. Thechamber, allows adequate dose administration ofanesthetic, preserves life of animals and decreasesexposure of teachers and students to anestheticsgases. Thus, it’s possible to explain in a didacticfashion the basic concepts of inhaled anesthesia,such as anesthetic concentration and solubility.

Keywords

• Anesthetic chamber
• mice
• inhaled anesthesia