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18 Cards in this Set
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How many gauzes should be in a surgical pack (spay and castration) |
5 |
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As the surgical assistant should count your gauzes prior and after the procedure. If yes explain why |
Yes We have to count them because we wouldn't want to leave one in the patient accidentally |
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Explain to me in short what you tell a client that you have just booked in her Dog name Buddy for a castration tomorrow? What instructions does she follow? What can happen if she misses a certain step? |
Very important to fast = no food after 8pm and no water after midnight. (Fast for 8-12 no h20 2-4) Make sure they know the time to drop off in the am. If did not fast it may lead to aspiration pneumonia |
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Why is it a crucial step to preform a full patient evaluation prior to a surgical procedure? In point |
-Sometimes they think their animal is one gender but it's the other -We can find out the animal is cryptorchid, which is more expensive -We may find out that the animal has a high or low temp the surgery may be cancelled. |
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Please list the 3 patients characteristics |
Breed Gender Age |
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List 6 things a VA should gather as a medical history the morning OF when doing intake. |
-Past injuries -Vaccine status -Known disease -Any current medication the animal is taking -Past anesthetic complications has the pet been anesthetized before at any other facilities -Did they follow fasting recommendations. |
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What does the pre op exam include (4) |
General body scoring Listen to heart Listen to lungs Feel abdomen, hepatic, renal and central nervous system |
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If a senior patient is coming in for a surgery what extra test would we preform |
ECG and RADS |
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When we do our surgical prep we use two specific solutions please name them and explain how. |
Chlorexidine and alcohol CA CA CA 3 scrubs of each. With either the target method or using stripes center and out. Do not contaminate when swiping start in and go out watch out for hair. |
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Why is it crucial that the morning of surgery we obtain a current weight of the animal. |
All drug calculations are based on the animals weight. If we have the wrong weight then we have the wrong dosage. |
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What happens to exhausted C02 granules and how often should they be changed |
-They turn purple or pink -They need to be changed monthly or after 6-8 hours of being in use non stop |
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What is the proper terminology for ET tube |
Endotrachial tube |
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What is a fairly accurate way to determine if a ET tube will fit a certain size dog or cat |
Weight of the dog/cat is the number one way to determine but don't forget the nose trick for dogs.(size of septum /place between nostrils) |
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Why should catheters typically be placed before anesthesia |
Because most anesthetic agents cause Vasoconstrictions which can then lead to more complications trying to put th3 catheter in. |
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Describe the main use of laryngoscope |
To visualize the glottis |
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Describe the main use of the flow meter on the anesthetic machine. |
Measures and delivers a constant gas flow and controls the amount of oxygen that the patient receives |
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Why do we teach the pinky method when adjusting flow meter. What can happen |
Excessive tightening easily damages control knobs, ball flys and breaks glass = flow meter leaks = loss of oxygen = more money loss |
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Draw a picture of a rebrrathing circuit and a picture of nonrebreathing A) what is main difference between 2 B) what are the other names for the 2 circuits |
Main difference is the nonrebreathing circuit does not have carbon dioxide absorber Names = non rebrrathing/ bain circuit Rebrrathing circuit / universal f circuit |
