Behaviors and Clinical Signs
Most behavior problems in the vet clinic are caused by this.
What is Fear?
The margins (cranial and caudal borders) for taking a thoracic radiograph on a dog
What is the thoracic inlet to the last rib (first lumbar vertebrae)
The area of the scrubbed in personnel's gown that is considered sterile.
What is the front of the gown from just below the shoulders to the level of the sterile field (waist or table height)?
The term for a patient that in less than the normal range of body temperature.
What is hypothermia?
A reconstituted vaccine must be used within this time.
What is 1 hour?
Socialization in puppies should begin at this age.
What is approximately 4 weeks? (4-14 weeks)
This appears least dense (black) on a radiograph
What is air (gas)? followed by fat, water, bone, metal
A patient must have this reflex for us to safely extubate
What is a swallowing reflex?
CRT is used to assess this.
What is perfusion?
The proper order for cleaning an ear canal of a dog or cat.
1. Check the tympanic membrane for integrity
2. Administer cleaning solution
3. Massage the ear
4. Remove debris
The term for a pet that has increased drinking
What is polydipsic?
This needs to be increased if a radiograph is too light/underpenetrated.
What is kVp? (10-15%)
The stage of anesthesia that is considered the surgical plane.
Stage III, plane 2
A normal PCV of a dog
What is 45%?
A dog ate a whole bar of dark chocolate 10 minutes ago. We will most likely use this drug to induce emesis.
The color of cyanotic mucus membranes
blue/purple
The factor that determines shades of gray (contrast).
What is Peak Kilovoltage (kVp)?
An example of a clean-contaminated wound.
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The vacutainer that is best for hematology.
What is EDTA/LTT?
A dog requires a fluid bolus of 200ml in 30 minutes. Your fluid pump should be set to this.
400ml/hr, VTBI:200ml
A 4 month old puppy with vomiting and bloody diarrhea is waiting to be checked in. The first thing you should do before checking it in is this.
What is gowning up? (don a gown and gloves)
A decrease to below normal in concentration of all three major blood cell types: RBCs, WBCs, and platelets
What is Pancytopenia?
It is appropriate for unscrubbed personnel to pass between two sterile fields at this time
When is never?
A cat with a ethylene glycol toxicity will have an increased amount of this in the urine.
What is calcium oxalate?
A 44lb Husky requires 0.02mg/kg of Buprenorphine (0.6mg/ml) as a preanesthetic drug. The Husky should receive this many mls.
0.67ml of Buprenorphine