🩺 KNOW YOUR NORMALS
This is the normal temperature range commonly used for adult dogs and cats.
What is approximately 100–102.5°F?
The abbreviation PO means a medication should be given by this route.
What is by mouth/orally?
On a radiograph, bone generally appears primarily this color because it is radiopaque.
What is white?
This sound usually means things are not going according to plan.
What is hissing?
This monitoring tool measures oxygen saturation.
What is a pulse oximeter?
These three letters describe gum color, moisture, and refill as part of evaluating a patient's circulation.
Answer: What is MM/CRT (mucous membranes/capillary refill time)?
This abbreviation means a medication is given under the skin.
What is SQ/SC/subcutaneous?
Chocolate toxicity is primarily associated with this methylxanthine.
What is theobromine?
A frightened cat flattening its ears, crouching and attempting to retreat is communicating this emotional state.
What is fear/anxiety?
This monitoring parameter is abbreviated ETCOâ‚‚.
What is end-tidal carbon dioxide?
A CRT longer than this is generally considered prolonged.
What is greater than 2 seconds?
This medication is commonly used in veterinary medicine to reverse the effects of dexmedetomidine.
What is atipamezole?
This is Dr. Sara's middle name.
What is Glenn?
True or False: A purring cat is always a happy, relaxed cat.
What is false?
This piece of the anesthesia machine converts a volatile liquid anesthetic into vapor.
What is the vaporizer?
This term describes an abnormally fast heart rate.
Answer: What is tachycardia?
You've been told to administer 100 mg of a drug. The concentration is 50 mg/mL. This is the volume you need.
What is 2 mL?
These dried fruits are associated with potentially severe kidney injury in dogs.
What are raisins/currants?
This strategy involves using the least amount of handling/restraint necessary to safely accomplish the task.
What is minimal/low-stress restraint?
This monitoring method displays the patient's electrical cardiac activity.
What is an ECG/EKG?
This term means difficulty breathing and should immediately get your attention.
What is dyspnea?
A 20-kg patient is prescribed 5 mg/kg of a medication available as 50 mg/mL. This is the volume administered.
What is 2 mL?
A dog swallowed a sock. This general type of gastrointestinal problem is now high on your differential list.
What is a foreign-body obstruction?
Your feline patient has escalated despite your efforts, and continuing the procedure is becoming unsafe. The smartest next move is often this
What is stop, reassess, and change the plan?
This equipment should always be checked and prepared before inducing anesthesia because discovering a problem afterward is a particularly bad time.
What is the anesthesia machine/breathing system?