Pharmacology
What are the two most common antiemetics used in cats and dogs?
Bonus: Give the trade and generic names
Trade: Zofran Generic: Ondansetron
Trade: Cerenia Generic: Maropitant
Name the organ whose functions are to: excrete nitrogenous waste products (such as urea, uric acid, and creatinine), regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, controls blood pressures, maintains acid base balance, secretion of erythropoetin for the production of red blood cells, and a site for Vitamin D activation?
The Kidneys
PCV/TS
Packed Cell Volume/ Total Solids or Total Proteins
Calculate 1ml/kg 25% Dextrose bolus in a 22lb dog for its hypoglycemia
(Tell me how much dextrose mixed with how much saline)
5mls dextrose and 5mls 0.9% NaCl for a total of 10mls 25% dextrose
Bradycardia
What is the generic name for Keppra?
Bonus: What is Keppra used for/what kind of drug is it?
Levetiracetam
Bonus: Anticonvulsant
Which organ of the digestive system has a cardiac sphincter and pyloric sphincter?
The stomach
DKA
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
14mls
Proptosis
Where one or both eyes have protruded out of the eye socket
What drug class is dexmedetomidine/Dexdomitor?
Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists
Which organ from the immune system is responsible for filtering the blood and produces lymphocytes for the body?
Prothrombin Time & Activated Partial Prothomboplastin Time
DVM orders to give an IVF bolus of 15mls/kg of LRS over 15 mins. Your patient weighs 15kgs. What is the total volume of fluids to be bolused and how would you set the IVF pump to administer the bolus?
225mls total IVF bolus
Set the pump to 900mls/hr with VTBI 225mls
Tamponade
Bonus: What is the procedure called to treat this?
Emergent medical condition where fluid accumulates in the sac of the heart (pericardium) and fluid puts pressure on the heart preventing it from pumping effectively
Bonus: Pericardiocentesis
Atopica
How many spinal vertebrae are in the following regions?
Cervical?
Throracic?
Lumbar?
Saccral?
Cervical: 7
Thoracic: 13
Lumbar: 7
Saccral: 3 fused
GDV
Gastric Dilated Volvulus
Drug Order: 5mcg/kg/hr for 18hrs.
Figure out the rate of the drug and total volume drawn up
1.30mls/hr
Total Drawn: 23.4mls or 24mls
Erythropoeisis
This is the process by which red blood cells (erythrocytes) are formed.
What is the reversal drug called for benzodiazepines? (Midazolam, Diazepam, Clorazepam)
Flumazenil
Name the nerve that is also known as Cranial Nerve X, and is the 10th pair of cranial nerves. This nerve is the longest cranial nerve in the body. It originates in the medulla oblongata, a region of the brainstem. It then travels down the neck, where it gives off branches to the pharynx, larynx, and heart. In the chest, it gives off branches to the lungs, esophagus, and stomach. In the abdomen, it gives off branches to the liver, pancreas, and intestines It plays a crucial role in the parasympathetic nervous system (Rest and digest), which controls involuntary bodily functions such as: digestion, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, coughing, sneezing, vomiting and swallowing.
The Vagus Nerve
EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Calculate Norepinephrine CRI: Weight- 12kgs
Drug order: 0.30mcg/kg/min for 12hrs and run @ 1ml/hr
Provide the total amount of drug added in total mgs and mls and the amount of diluent of D5W to make CRI
Bonus: What is the new concentration of the CRI?
2.59 or 2.60mls (2.6mgs) into 9.40mls D5W
Bonus: .216mg/ml suspension
Petechiation