ER Things
Procedures & Things
Surgical Things
Terminology
Potpourri
100
What type of shock do most patients experience hypoglycemia?
Septic
100
What does POCUS mean?
Point Of Care UltraSound
100
What is the medical term to open the stomach during a surgical procedure?
Gastrotomy
100
In canine blood types, what does "DEA" stand for?
Dog Erythrocyte Antigen
200
In heat stroke cases, at what temperature should we stop active cooling?
103.5
200
What is the universal canine donor blood type?
DEA 1.1 negative
200
Which suture type is stronger? Monocryl or PDS?
Monocryl -- but it dissolves faster that's why it's sneaky.
200
What is orthopneic/orthopnea?
When a patient is experiencing severe respiratory distress, head stretched out
200
What medication scan be used to reduce intracranial pressure that results from trauma?
Mannitol and/or HTS
300
What is the definition of a pulse deficit?
A difference between the heart rate and the palpable pulse, sometimes known as a dropped pulse
300
What is the purpose of the "Major" part in a cross match
Testing the donor's RBC's and patient's plasma for compatibility
300
Hobbles - if there is caudoventral hip luxation
300
What do you call accumulation of fluids from lympthatic ducts into the pleural space?
Chylous effusion
300
Is it safe to put bupivacaine into a chest tube?
Yes!
400
A cat with a urethral obstruciton is most likely to have what electrolyte in-balance?
Hyperkalemia
400
When a patient presents with a GDV and the doctor wants to decompress gastric distension & reduce pressure on the vena-cava. What is this procedure called?
Trocharize/Trocharization
500
What is the origin of underlining disease for most cases of feline aortic thromboembolism?
Cardiac/Heart
500
What is the difference between a lateral thoracotomy and a median sternotomy?
Lateral thoracotomy is in between the rib spaces, median sternatomy is cut through the sternabrae