Ana Carina Costa
VTS (Anaesthesia & Analgesia), PgCert AVN Anaesthesia and Analgesia, NCert Anaesthesia, NCert Physiotech, Anaesthesia RVN,
Anaesthesia RVN,
Royal Veterinary College
Ana graduated as a veterinary nurse in 2012 and completed her Nurse Certificate in
Physiotherapy in 2015, before moving from Portugal to the UK in 2017. She worked at The
Queen's Veterinary School Hospital in Cambridge, then joined the Royal Veterinary College's
Queen Mother Hospital for Animals anaesthesia team in 2019, where she has since been
working and is part of the pain clinic and cardiothoracic anaesthesia teams. Ana also holds a
Nurse Certificate in Anaesthesia and the PGCertAVN in Analgesia and Anaesthesia. She was a
board member of the Portuguese Veterinary Nursing Association from 2020 to 2022, has been
a speaker at several conferences and is a contributor to The Veterinary Nurses' Practical Guide
to Small Animal Anaesthesia. Ana obtained her VTS in Anaesthesia and Analgesia accreditation in 2025.
Credentials
VTS (Anaesthesia & Analgesia), PgCert AVN Anaesthesia and Analgesia, NCert Anaesthesia, NCert Physiotech, Anaesthesia RVN
Sessions
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21-Nov-2025RVC Nursing TheatreEyes on the brain - anaesthesia and monitoring for patients with suspected increased intracranial pressure
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21-Nov-2025RVC Nursing TheatreBreathing battle - challenges anaesthetising the patient with lower airway disease
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