Legislation
Fluids
Oral Medication
Physical Examination
Animal Trivia
100
What Act regulates the provision of veterinary services
Veterinary Practice Act 2013
100
What is the average maintenance rate for animals?
50ml/kg/hr
or
2ml/kg/day
100
What formulations does oral medications come in?
Tablet
Paste
Capsule
Liquids
100
What is the normal average temperature for dogs and cats?
38-39.3C
100
How long to seahorses mate for?
For life
200
As a nurse you need to follow this act to give compassion, empathy, and relieve pain to animals
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
200
What is the surgical rate for dogs and cats?
Dogs- 5-10ml/kg/hr
Cats- 3-5ml/kg/hr
200
What ways can you give oral medication?
By mouth
Crop needle
Nasogastric tube
Stomach tube
200
What would it indicate if an animal had black discharge in their ears?
Ear mites
Ear infection
200
What is a baby rabbit called?
A kit
300
Name 4 things that only veterinarians can perform
Giving a diagnosis
Surgical procedures
Prescribing medication
Microchipping horses
Extraction of teeth
300
Calculate the daily fluid amount for 7.6kg dog.
7.6kg x 50ml/kg/day = 380ml/day
300
Where does most of the absorption of oral medication occur?
Small intestine
300
Where can you feel a pulse in animals?
Femoral
Jugular (large dogs or animals)
Pedal or palmar
Lingual (generally under anaesthesia)
Facial artery in horses (under the eye and fold around mandible)
300
What shape are goats pupils?
Rectangular
400
Name 4 things that nurses can do without being under the supervision of a veterinarian
Nail Trims
De-worming of any animal
Grooming of animals (without the need of sedation)
Nutritional/Preventative care and some behavioural advice
Applying a topical anaesthetic
400
How many drops/ml are found in macro drip and micro drip?
Macro- 10 or 20 drops/ml
Micro- 60 drops/ml
400
In order for medication to fully enter the bloodstream it must pass through this organ first
Liver (via the portal system)
400
Name the main 4 parts of a stethascope
Ear pieces
Tubing
Bell
Diaphragm
400
This animal can regrow the same limb up to 5 times, and even regenerate parts of its brain.
The axolotl
500
What is the Act that outlines the storage, security and dispensing of poisons, restricted substances, drugs of addiction?
Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1996
500
Calculate the replacement amount of fluids only for an animal that weighs 26.3kg and is 7% dehydrated
Wt x % of dehydration x 10
26.3kg x 7 x 10 = 1841ml
500
How many mg of amoxyclav will a 40kg patient require if the dose is 12.5mg/kg?
(choice 50mg, 200mg, 250mg or 500mg tablets)
How many tablets will it require if its needed BID x 14 days?
40kg x 12.5mg/kg = 500mg
Amoxyclav comes in 500mg tablets therefore
1 tablet twice a day = 28 tablets
500
Where do you find lymph nodes in an animal?
Submandibular
Pre-scapular
Axillary
Inguinal
Popliteal
500
This creature contains a toxin that is up to 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide to humans.
Pufferfish
There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.