Terminology
Rapid Heart Rate
This is the percentage of dehydration where you would begin to notice clinical evidence as loss of skin elasticity?
What is 4-6%
The three most important body systems to be assessed in the initial triage assessment.
What is the respiratory system, the circulatory system, and the nervous system?
Parasite found on or near the surface of their host, including mites, ticks, maggots and fleas
What is a Ectoparasite
This separates the thorax from the abdomen.
What is the diaphragm
Lack of Blood
What is Anemia
This assessment can help to measure the state of peripheral circulation.
What is capillary refill time?
The three types of shock.
What are hypovolemic, distributive, and cardiogenic
Capable of infecting / infesting humans
What is Zoonotic
This joint is located distal to the radius
What is the carpus
Cardiomegaly
What is an abnormally large heart
This is the cause most often attributed to death associated with gastric dilatation-torsion.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This is the one time in which the technician is allowed to make the diagnosis and start treatment without any supervision from a doctor.
What is never
In the case of a known intoxication, you should always tell the owners to bring in the pet and the _______ .
What is the packaging/label
The tube that connects the mouth to the lungs
What is the trachea
Dysuria
Difficulty Urinating
All dyspneic animals benefit from this?
What is oxygen
What every animal presenting in hypovolemic or distributive shock needs.
What is IV fluids
Abbreviation: OVH
What is Ovariohysterectomy
The anatomical back of an animal is their?
What is dorsal side
Abbreviation: ADR
Aint Doing Right
These are the two most common first-line IV CPR drugs
What is atropine and epinephrine
What two things do you look for in the eyes and ears of a dog that presents rolling with a head tilt?
What is nystagmus and otitis
This is the nerve we have to be aware of when giving IM injection in the hamstring muscle.
What is the sciatic nerve
The renal cortex is part of the?
What is Kidney