Triage
An important component to the technicians initial assessment of each patient along with the patients' temperature, pulse rate and quality, respiratory rate and effort, mucus membrane color, CRT and weight.
What is patient mentation?
The acronym CPR stands for this
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
The standard formula for determining a patient fluid rate
What is 60mg/kg/day?
The prefix "Nephro-" is used in terms relating to this organ.
What is the kidney?
The concept of gravity was discovered by this famous physicist.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
A six week old yorkie puppy presents for lethargy and hyporexia. In addition to our normal TPR, this should be checked.
What is a blood glucose?
What is pulse?
A fluid pump should be set to this number when the doctor has requested a 20mL/kg bolus over 15 minutes for a 7kg dog.
What is 560mL/hr?
This term describes the build up of fluid around the lungs.
What is pleural effusion?
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Who is Chaka Khan?
(Begrudgingly, "Who is Whitney Houston?" is also an accepted answer)
A 12 year old Labrador retriever presents for acute retching without production, progressive abdominal bloating and panting. This is an important initial diagnostic to request after obtaining patient history.
What is a radiograph?
The length of time of 1 CPR cycle
What is 2 minutes?
The length of time a 30mL bolus is administered over with a fluid pump set to 90mL/hr
This term refers to the sac around the heart.
What is the pericardium?
When a patient presents with hypoglycemic seizures, this is used in place of/in conjunction with anticonvulsants.
What is Dextrose/Glucose supplement?
The acronym AIDET stands for this.
What is Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation and Thank you?
The length of time between compression cycles used to assess patient ECG and pulse and for the changing of compressors
What is 5 seconds?
The 2x maintenance fluid rate for a patient that weighs 36kg.
What is 180mL/hr?
This term refers to when a patient has a blood glucose above normal parameters.
What is Hyperglycemic?
This is the power house of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
This is a likely differential when a feline patient presents for acute hind limb lameness, vocalizing and lethargy.
What is Saddle Thrombosis?
This instrument is used to measure the patients end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2).
What is a capnograph?
The doctor has requested a 400mL bolus over 30 minutes. The pump is to be set to this.
What is 800mL/hr?
This term refers to when a patient is drinking excessively.
What is polydipsia?
The term that describes the jiggly belly of domesticated cats
What is the primordial pouch?