Medical Terminology
deficient; below; under; less than normal
What is hypo-?
What is the most commonly monitored vital sign during anesthesia to assess cardiovascular function?
What is heart rate?
Triage (description)
What is sorting of patients according to the severity of injury or illness as a means of treating the most critical patients
How many pounds does a 64 kg dog weigh?
What is 29 lb?
Normal range for respiration rate
What is 8-30 bpm?
Acronym for right ear
What is AD?
Which monitoring device measures the amount of oxygen in the blood?
What is a pulse oximeter?
The four things you always need to get (unless your patient is severely unstable) to prevent cranky doctors.
What is TPR and weight?
You have a 10 mg/mL solution of a drug. How many milliliters would you need to administer a dose of 50 mg?
What is 5 mL?
What every animal presenting in hypovolemic or distributive shock needs
What is IV Fluids?
Estimation of the cause of disease
What is Diagnosis?
What piece of equipment is used to measure the amount of anesthetic gas in the patient’s exhaled breath?
What is a capnometer?
Circulation is evaluated by:
(will take any of 3 options, Bonus 100 points if you name all 3)
What is examining MM color, CRT, and ausculting the heart while simultaneously palpating the femoral and peripheral pulses?
The doctor gave you a sig of 1 tab PO BID x 4d, 1 tab PO SID x 4d, then 1 tab EOD x 4 doses. How many tablets are you sending home?
Take blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
Carcin/o
What is cancer?
If a patient under anesthesia is not breathing properly, what is the most common action to take?
What is manual ventilation (using a rebreathing bag)?
Hypertension and tachycardia =
What is Pain?
A dog weighs 15 kg. The prescribed dose of a medication is 5 mg/kg. How many milligrams should be given?
What is 75 mg?
A secondary problem due to urinary obstruction
What is Kidney failure/damage?
The displacement of organs outside the cavity that should contain them
What is Evisceration?
During anesthesia, a patient’s heart rate drops below 60 bpm. What is the common emergency treatment?
(Will take 1 of 2 answers)
What is atropine (or epinephrine for more severe cases)?
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?
A cat weighs 8.8 lbs, it needs a medication with the concentration of 50mg/ml. The recommended dose for cats is 15mg/kg. How many ml would the cat need for it's dose?
What is 1.2 ml?
In cats, when a heartbeat is present, what is a lack of pulse indicator of?
A Saddle Thrombus