Infectious Disease
This highly contagious feline disease commonly causes sneezing, ocular/nasal discharge, and upper respiratory signs
What is Feline Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)?
This is one of the most important disease-prevention tools used when animals enter a shelter.
What is vaccination?
Why is tissue handling important during surgery?
What is helps minimize trauma, inflammation, and complications during healing?
What are the first three things you should assess when a patient suddenly deteriorates?
What is airway, breathing, and circulation
Name three parameters you would monitor in an anesthetized patient.
What are heart rate, respiratory rate, SpO₂, ETCO₂, blood pressure, temperature, anesthetic depth, and ECG?
This disease is caused by a highly contagious virus and can cause severe vomiting, diarrhea, and leukopenia in dogs.
What is canine parvovirus?
Besides vaccines, name three preventative measures used in shelter medicine.
What is Cleaning/disinfection, appropriate housing, isolation/quarantine, population management, parasite control, ventilation, nutrition, and stress reduction?
In a canine ovariohysterectomy, what ligament must be broken down to exteriorize the ovary?
What is the suspensory ligament.
What are your clipping landmarks for a spay or any abdominal approach surgery?
What is cranial= xiphoid process, caudal= pubis. lateral= folds of the flank?
What does SpO₂ tell you?
What is the percentage of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen
An inanimate object or surface that can carry and transmit infectious organisms
What is a fomite?
Common vaccines given in shelter med for dogs and cats
Dogs= DHPP, bordetella
Cats= FVRCP
A scrotal neuter can be performed on canines weighing less than __ lbs
What is 15?
What technique is used to properly scrub a patient for surgery?
What is racecar technique, clean hand dirty hand, wonton?
What is the preferred way to get an idea of ET tube size prior to intubation?
What is consider the breed?
Panleukopenia transmission
What is spread through direct contact with infected cats or via contaminated objects like food bowls, bedding, and hands. Feces and body fluids carry the highest viral load.
Most common parasite in shelters and what is used to treat it
What are roundworms and pyrantel (strongid)?
Instrument used to clamp large blood vessels, control bleeding, and grasp heavy or thick tissues during operations
What is Rochester Carmalt
The 5 rights
BONUS: documentation
The most common cardiac arrhythmia observed after IV administration of an alpha-2 agonist
What is 2nd degree AV block due to reflex bradycardia?
Contact time for rescue spray bottle
What is 1 minute?
Using Emery's guidelines, what is the minimum age and weight for a patient to receive a rabies vaccine?
What is 3 lbs and 12 weeks?
What are the five individual surgery point values used on our rotation?
Canine spay= 5, Feline spay=3 Canine neuter= 2, feline neuter=1, TNR=2
10 yr MN DSH comes into the ER. Has been doing fine until owner came home and found him on the ground crying. He was refusing to move and was loudly vocalizing. On PE, patient limbs are cold, and back left leg has minimal withdrawal reflex. What is your top differential?
What is saddle thrombus?
Active vs passive scavenger system
What is...
Active: vacuum/pump/fan removing waste gas
Passive: Using gravity to remove waste gas (ie. activated charcoal)