Welcome to Vet Med (Tech Edition)

Use Your Words

100

Using a needle to puncture the bladder to obtain a sample.

Cystoentesis

200

normal breathing rate & effort

eupneic 

300

elevated heart rate

tachycardic

400

high body temperature

hyperthermic or febrile

500

Elevated white blood cell count

luekocytosis

Abbreviate That

100

Anesthesia

Ax

200

Osteochondritis Dissecans

OCD

300

osteosarcoma

OSA

400

Ununited Anconeal Process 

UAP

500

Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia

IMTP

Clinical Pathology

100

This blood test show us counts for WBC, RBC, and Platelets

CBC

200

This blood test tells us what our Na, K, and Ca levels are.

Electrolytes

300

This test tells us if our P has a coagulopathy.

PTT & aPTT (AKA Coags)

400

This test tell us if we have a bacterial infection and if we do what antibiotic it will be sensitive to.

Culture & Sensitivity Panel

500

This test give us oxygen saturation of arterial blood as well as pH and CO2 values.

ABL90 (or blood gas analysis)

What do I need?

100

I need to obtain plasma from a patient.  What blood tube do I need and what's in it?

Green - lith. heprin

200

I need to do a FNA for cytology on a P.  What supplies do I need?

microscope slides

Needle & syringe

Exam gloves

300

I need to get a cystocentesis on a dog prior to surgery. What supplies do I need?

white top tube, 22 g long needle, 3 or 6 ml syringe, ultrasound machine, alcohol, fresh 22 or 20 g needle

400

We need to place a MRJ bandage with a splint on a 60# lab's back leg.  What do I need?

3 or 4" cast padding, 3/4" cling, 4' Vet Wrap, tape, elasticon, and lateral splint

500

I have placed an arterial line in my P.  What supplies do I need to run the IBP?

Pressure Bag, 1ml/1000 Nacl Heprin, bag NaCl, transducer, sticker/label

Don't Do Drugs

100

This class of drug decreases inflammation at the source of injury in turn helping with pain.

NSAIDs

200

This drug can be used to control pain via injection, CRI or patch. 

Fentanyl

300

This alpha 2 agonist is used primarily for sedation, but can help with analgesia.  It should be avoided in cardiac cases. 

DexDomitor

400

This is an oral, third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic available in various generic preparations. It is active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms with notable exceptions including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus, and Bacteroides fragilis.

Cefpodoxime

500

This drug has both Beta 1 & Beta 2 action with vasodilation affects.  It is used to help with blood pressure support in cardiac cases that require an increase in contractility. 

Dobutamine