Veterinary Sedations

Programmed and designed by George Berdovskiy.

The Veterinary Sedations application is a practical and straightforward calculator useful for managing sedation/analgesia on stable dogs and cats in everyday clinical situations, such as radiography, orthopedic exams, minor wound cleaning, ear exams/cleaning, eye exams/minor procedures, blood draw on hard-to-handle animals, foxtail probing, and others. This application can be a valuable tool for veterinarians and veterinary technicians working in the very engaged and stressful field of small animal general and critical care practice, or in shelter settings.

The Veterinary Sedations app was designed to provide quick and reliable calculations for either single-drug or combination-of-drugs sedation protocols by using pre-programmed lists of generic drugs, their concentrations, recommended dosage range, and routes. Our database includes the following drugs and combinations - Acepromazine, Buprenorphine, Butorphanol, Dexmedetomidine, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Midazolam, Morphine, Oxymorphone, Dexmedetomidine/Opioid, Acepromazine/Opioid, and Midazolam/Opioid.

For those who are not satisfied with the already pre-programmed options, the Veterinary Sedations software also provides freedom of choice by offering manual entry of all medications, concentrations, and dosages not available on the present drug/concentrations/dosages list.

The Veterinary Sedations app is conveniently divided into two sections, feline and canine, which both have their own calculators. This simple, easily-navigatable design helps the user do their work without getting lost in the UI and easily distinguish between the two species.

The calculator has many unique and practical features and is quite simple in use. It will let you...
- Create and save patient information logs,
- Review and update your patient’s records/calculations later if needed,
- Keep all your patient data organized,
- Search for your patient by name or date,
- Automatically convert pounds to kilograms for correct calculations,
- Send text messages with patient information, calculation results, and updates to co-workers,
- Review some general information for sedative drugs and their combinations,
- Choose either single-drug or combination-of-drugs sedation protocols,
- Select medications by generic name from the available list,
- Choose their concentrations from the available list,
- Choose their dosages from the list with recommended dosage ranges corresponding with either ‘’single-drug’’ or ‘’combination’’ sedation protocols,
- Choose their administration routes from the available list of suggested routes depending on the chosen drug and its dosage,
- Automatically detect available reversals and calculate them,
- Use the manual entry option for entering the medications, concentrations, dosages, and routes not available in our database.
This app was created with the hope to provide practical, quick and reliable help to veterinary professionals in fast-paced environments where there is often no time for manual calculations and scouring through multiple books or more complex apps.