The Veterinary Team
This exam must be passed to become a credentialed veterinary technician.
What is the VTNE?
A feline patient is becoming increasingly dangerous during restraint. Rather than escalating physical force, this is the appropriate response.
What is release the cat and alert others?
A patient’s heart rate is higher than the pulse rate you palpate. This finding means not every heartbeat is producing a palpable peripheral pulse.
What is a pulse deficit?
When selecting needles, increasing the gauge number causes this change in the needle’s diameter.
What is a smaller diameter?
These fluids contain larger molecules that tend to remain within the vascular space.
What are colloids?
A patient has lost a significant amount of circulating blood volume. This type of shock results from decreased intravascular volume.
What is hypovolemic shock?
Only this small percentage of the energy produced when electrons strike the anode becomes X-rays.
What is 1%?
For a VD abdominal projection, the patient is placed in this recumbency.
What is dorsal recumbency?
This imaging method uses sound waves and is especially useful for evaluating soft tissues.
What is ultrasound?
This relationship between the veterinarian, client, and patient is part of a veterinary practice’s ethical obligation for client communication.
What is the Veterinary-Client-Patient Relationship (VCPR)?
A young cat raised without littermates repeatedly stalks, pounces on, and bites hands during interaction. This type of aggression is most likely responsible.
What is play aggression?
You document a patient as uninterested in its surroundings but still responsive to stimulation. This is the appropriate mental-status term.
What is obtunded?
This syringe tip allows the needle to twist into place, making it less likely to detach during use.
What is a Luer lock tip?
A patient cannot adequately absorb nutrients through the gastrointestinal tract. This form of nutritional support bypasses the GI tract entirely.
What is total parenteral nutrition (TPN)?
During CPR, chest compressions should be performed at this rate per minute.
What is 100–120 compressions per minute?
Increasing this exposure factor increases the quantity of X-rays produced and makes the resulting image darker.
What is mA (milliamperage)?
A lateral thoracic image needs the sternum and spine parallel to the image receptor. This positioning aid can be placed beneath the sternum to correct rotation.
What is a foam wedge?
This type of Doppler displays the flow and direction of blood using color.
What is color Doppler?
A veterinarian who must remain within eyesight and hearing range of the person performing a task is providing this level of supervision.
What is direct supervision?
During restraint, the handler maintains continuous physical contact with a feline patient instead of repeatedly removing and replacing their hands. This technique helps avoid startling the patient.
What is a touch gradient?
A canine patient has a heart rate of 62 bpm. Based on the parameters used in this course, this patient should be described using this term.
What is bradycardic?
Before cleaning or medicating an ear, this examination should include visualization of the tympanic membrane.
What is a complete aural examination?
This bandage layer is placed directly against the wound or skin.
What is the primary layer?
While performing CPR, the patient should receive ventilations at this rate.
What is 10 breaths per minute?
This exposure factor controls the penetrating power of the X-ray beam.
What is kVp?
For a thoracic radiograph, the central ray should be positioned at this rib-space region.
What is between the 5th and 6th ribs?
Positive contrast agents have this appearance on an image because they are more dense.
What is radiopaque/white?
This federal agency regulates controlled substances used in veterinary practice.
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?
A frightened cat sees a dog through the window but cannot reach it. Seconds later, the cat attacks the veterinary assistant standing nearby. Identify the type of aggression.
What is redirected aggression?
A patient has bright red/injected mucous membranes during an emergency assessment. This finding can be associated with this type of shock.
What is septic shock?
While preparing to give a subcutaneous injection, you aspirate and see blood enter the syringe. This should be your next action.
What is withdraw and choose another site?
A patient with a hip injury requires a sling designed specifically to immobilize the hip joint.
What is an Ehmer sling?
A patient in shock becomes bradycardic and comatose. These findings indicate this stage of shock
What is the late decompensatory phase?
When evaluating radiographic technique, you should first determine whether the image is too light or dark and then evaluate this second characteristic.
What is proper penetration?
When using the heel effect, the thicker portion of the anatomy should be positioned toward this side of the X-ray tube.
What is the cathode?
Shorter wavelengths improve ultrasound image resolution but have this disadvantage.
What is decreased penetration?
A veterinary professional experiencing physical, emotional, and psychological effects from repeatedly helping others may be experiencing this occupational problem.
What is compassion fatigue?
An aggressive cat requires additional protection during handling. Gauntlets are available, but using them creates this important disadvantage for the handler.
What is decreased tactile feeling?
A hospitalized patient does not have special monitoring orders from the veterinarian. According to the course standard, vital signs should be collected at this interval.
What is every 6 hours?
Semimembranosus/semitendinosus, quadriceps, and triceps can be used for this route of medication administration, while the abdominal muscles should not.
What is an intramuscular (IM) injection?
A healing wound is at greatest risk of pulling apart during this phase of wound healing.
What is the inflammatory phase?
For chest compressions on a large dog, both hands are used with the fingers interlocked over this rib-space region.
What is the 4th–6th rib space?
Loss of radiographic detail caused by X-rays originating from different locations on the anode is known as this effect.
What is the penumbra effect?
A veterinarian specifically requests a DV thoracic projection instead of the routine alternative. Based on the course material, this request should make you suspect this type of patient conformation.
What is a barrel-chested patient?
Unlike a traditional radiograph, a CT scan avoids this problem caused by anatomical structures being projected on top of one another.
What is superimposition?