Anesthetic Drugs
Dexdomitor is what category of drug?
Alpha 2
Respiration is:
The process by which O2 is supplied to and used by the tissues, and CO2 is eliminated from the tissues
What can you do if your patient’s BP MAP is 60 or lower, and heart rate is dropping?
Check cuff, turn down gas, give an anticholinergic, turn up fluids, positive inotrope
What are the four TYPES of anesthesia?
General anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedation, and local anesthesia
What is a V-Gel (Supra-glottic Device)?
A device to supply anesthetic gas to rabbits
What is Fentanyl?
An opiod agonist
PaCO2 refers to the amount of __________ in arterial blood
Carbon dioxide
VPCs can be corrected by:
IV lidocaine
A patient with class V health status is:
Extreme risk, moribund
In livestock, rumen tympany is when an animal is unable to remove _______ form the rumen via _______
Gas, eructate (burp)
Ketamine is what type of drug?
An NMDA receptor
The P wave in an ECG indicates atrial ________
Depolarization
When doing CPR on a dog or cat, how many chest compressions should you do per minute?
100-120
A patient who is unconscious, has loss of jaw tone, no palpebral reflex, or corneal refex is in which stage and plane of anesthesia?
Stage 3 Plane 2
In birds, the lungs are _________ located
Dorsally
What is propofol?
Induction agent
Respiratory acidosis occurs when:
ETCO2 is high (> 45mmHg) and your patient has too much CO2
Your patient is bradycardic and heart rate is dropping, what do you do?
Turn down gas, give an anticholinergic like Atropine or Glycopyrrolate, reverse drug if drug induced
Calculate the tidal volume for a 42.2lb dog. Use 15mls/kg. What size bag would be more approrpiate?
TV= 285, bag size 3
When prepping recumbant livestock for a procedure, adequate padding is required to prevent 3 things
Myopathy, myositis, and neuropathies
A triple drip contains which drugs?
Guafenesin, ketamine, and xylazine
The medulla oblongata and the pons control:
Respiration
Your patient's ETCo2 is 50 and not breathing (but heart rate is OK), what can you do?
Turn down gas, ventilate, rebverse drug if drug induced.
Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure in your arteries when your heart is:
At rest
Intubating horses is a __________ intubation
Blind