ECG/ECC
The electrodes on many ECG machines are color coded. The ________ lead is placed on the right forelimb.
White
What is the best method to provide long-term periods of assistance to a cow that has nerve damage that results in recumbence?
Hydrofloatation
Which term describes a postural position that an animal uses to ease breathing?
Orthopnea
What is a problems is often associated with gastric dilation/volvulus in dogs?
Splenic Torsion
A dog is coming in with dystocia.
What is happening?
Trouble giving birth
The ECG should be recorded in a quiet environment with the patient in _______________ recumbency on a pad.
Right Lateral
_____________ is the transfer of ruminal microbes from one individual to another.
Transfaunation
What do “pings” signify when performing auscultation and percussion of the abdominal wall in large animals?
The presence of gas in hollow organs
_____ is/are the most serious complication of performing a rectal examination on a horse.
Rectal tears
A _____________ animal is completely disconnected from the environment and reacts only to noxious stimuli.
stuporous
When performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on dogs and cats, it is important
to allow full recoil of the chest wall between compressions.
Most commonly, C-sections in cows are performed with the animal
standing and awake.
After CPR has been performed, the brain is highly susceptible to reperfusion injury, which manifests as cerebral edema. Which drug is used to decrease cerebral edema in the postarrest patient?
Mannitol
When preparing horse for an abdominocentesis or a “belly tap” the area that should be prepared is
the most dependent part of the abdomen.
Choke in large animals is the common name given to
an esophageal obstruction.
On an ECG, the T wave is associated with
Ventricular Repolarization
Which organization should be consulted to determine the milk and meat withdrawal times for drugs that are administered to food-producing animals in the United States?
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database (FARAD)
In the event of a neurologic injury an animal’s posture should be evaluated. Decerebrate posture is best described as which of the following?
Extreme rigidity of all four legs.
Abnormal respiratory noise heard during inspiration in a horse with an upper respiratory tract emergency is called
stridor
Correctly explain how to triage of emergency patients?
Sorting of patients into groups depending on their need for immediate intervention
Which of the following choices is a common cause of the Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern?
(Fast breathing, then slowing down, then no breathing, then cycle starts again.)
Brain damage, animal too deeply anesthetized
Cattle with severe metritis and mastitis can develop endotoxemia from absorption of endotoxins. These animals may present with signs of toxic shock (_________ and _________), with weakness or neurologic deficits, or they may be down.
Tachycardia
Tachypnea
What therapies would be most useful to treat a dog with suspected head trauma and cerebral edema?
Mannitol or hypertonic saline IV
To determine the approximate distance to the nasopharynx when preparing a nasal cannula for a horse, the cannula is measured from the opening of the nares to the
medial canthus of the eye.
The initial triage examination is a 1- to 2-minute systematic evaluation of essential organ systems—________, ____________, and ____________.
respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurologic.