New Protocols
What do I need?
Math
What's the mentation?
Summer Summer
100
This size needle is required to pull up all controlled substances that are not Euthasol.
What is a 22G or smaller needle?
100
This lets staff know a patient's resuscitation status.
What is a color-coded ID collar?
100
Your doctor asks you to draw up an additional 3mcg/kg dose of dexdomitor on a 17.3kg patient.
What is 0.1ml of dexdomitor?
100
The pet is fully engaged, interactive with surroundings, and aware of people or noises.
What is BAR (bright, alert, responsive)?
100
List this menace to veterinary society
What is a foxtail?
200
This can be used as a reminder for staff that there is a Euthanasia going on.
What is the color-coded light system with a remote? Or what does turning off the left treatment lights mean?
200
This document has several drug calculations - including but not limited to epinephrine, dobutamine, flumazenil.
What is the emergency drug calculator for surgery patients?
200
This equation is used to calculate the reservoir bag for sedated and anesthetic patients.
What is KG x 10-15mL x 5?
200
The pet is aware of what is happening around them and responds normally, but they are subdued, passive, or less active than usual.
What is QAR (quiet, alert, responsive)?
200
We see quite a few of rattlesnake envenomations -
Do: start IV fluids, give pain medication, admin antivenin if indicated
Don't: Ice, tourniquet, or give what meds??
What is diphenhydramine and/or steroids?
300
This line item needs to be put in by the support staff for every patient.
What is the "tech reviewed invoice" line item.
300
This is an important physical part of monitoring that we should be doing all of our lacerations and DBW patients.
What is taking a picture?
300
Fentanyl has been diluted in a syringe for a hospitalized patient to 12mcg/ml. There are 3.4ml left in the syringe to be wasted. Calculate the wasted amount to be logged.
What is 0.816mL wasted?
300
The pet has noticeably reduced interest in their environment. They are awake but may be listless, lethargic, and slow to respond to surroundings.
What is dull?
300
This can cause life-threatening illness in dogs.
What is blue-green algae?
400
Dr. Dunn created this consent form to improve safety measures for specific patient populations.
What it is the Brachycephalic Consent Form
400
This dayshift task is ideally performed first thing in the morning.
What is maintaining the CBC machine?
400
Calculate the dose and diluent for creating a fentanyl CRI at 3mcg/kg/hr (ran at 1ml/hr) for 12 hours on a 8.2kg patient.
What is 5.9ml of fentanyl and 6.1ml of diluent?
400
This patient has a significantly blunted response to stimuli. They tend to sleep for extended periods, are easily drowsy in between states of wakefulness, and require active, repeated stimulation to respond.
What is obtunded?
400
A 3y MI Golden presents after traveling to Greeley for a dog show. The owner is concerned because the patient has been lethargic, acting like they are trying to hack something up, hyporexic, and has a goose-honk cough. List the number one differential with this history.
What is Kennel Cough?
500
We must draw these up over hard surfaces and nothing that is porous or absorbant.
What are controlled substances?
500
This important but often forgotten task generally only applies to the night shift crew.
What is cleaning the exam rooms?
500
Your doctor requests a lidocaine CRI of 40mcg/kg/min for 6 hours on a 14kg patient. What amount of lidocaine +/- diluent will you need?
What is 10.08ml of lidocaine?
500
The most severe level of mentation loss. The patient is entirely unconscious and non-responsive to all stimuli, including painful stimuli.
What is comatose?
500
This is the process for active cooling on a heat stroke patient.
What is misting with water, blowing air (using a fan), and lying on a cool surface (no blankets).