6A&B: Thermometer and Hydration

Question 1

Most accurate temperature location

Answer 1

Rectum

Question 2

Aural temperature

Answer 2

Temperature taken in ear

Question 3

Axillary temperature

How accurate

Answer 3

Taken under armpit/“axilla”

Least accurate

Question 4

For axillary temperature, you use a _____ thermometer

Answer 4

Rectal

Question 5

What kinda of thermometer:
Some feel it’s more accurate
Safety concerns it broken
Takes longer to take temp

Answer 5

Mercury-in-glass thermometers

Question 6

Mercury in glass thermometers are used where

Answer 6

Rectally or in axilla

Question 7

What kind of thermometer: 
Red liquid (colored alcohol) in glass 
Takes long

Answer 7

Alcohol thermometers

Question 8

What kinda of thermometer
Many practitioners use
Safer, does not break easily
Quicker

Answer 8

Digital

Question 9

What kind of thermometer:

Moves with animal; easier to keep in and safer

Answer 9

Flexible digital

Question 10

What kind of thermometer;

Designed for the ear, have digital readout

Answer 10

Ear thermometers

Question 11

Preparation of mercury thermometer

Answer 11

Hold firmly, shake vigorously downward toward bulb
Place lubricant on paper towel or gauze pad
Lubricate thermometer approx 1in up

Question 12

Struggling of animal can cause what while taking temp

Answer 12

Rectal perforation

Breaking glass thermometers

Question 13

How far in should a rectal thermometer go

Answer 13

Approx 1/2 in

Question 14

How to take axillary temp

Answer 14

Place tip in axillary region, close leg tightly over tip

Question 15

For digital thermometers when should you press the on button

Answer 15

After it’s been inserted (don’t take temp of air)

Question 16

How long should you leave a mercury thermometer in

Answer 16

2 minutes

Question 17

Each line on a mercury thermometer represents

Answer 17

2/10 of a degree

10.2 10.4 etc

Question 18

Disinfecting a thermometer

Answer 18

Wipe w paper towel or gauze

Place back in blue holder w Nolvasan solution

Question 19

Temp written in record as

Answer 19

“T= ____ F

Question 20

Normal temp range of dogs

Answer 20

99.5- 102.5 F

Question 21

Normal temp range of cats

Answer 21

100.5- 102.5

Question 22

Normal fluid loss is due to

Answer 22

Urination
Defecation
Respiration ( condensation comes out of body)

Question 23

Pyrexia and stress lead to _____

Through excessive panting and sweating through paw pads

Answer 23

Fluid loss

Question 24

What is skin turgor

Answer 24

Elasticity of the tissue, it’s ability to “snap” back into place after being punched or stressed

Question 25

Tissue is _____ elastic in dehydrated animals

Answer 25

Less

Question 26

What it means to tent skin

Answer 26

Grasp a fold of skin, pull away, let go

Should snap back immediately

Question 27

Older animals skin has ____ elasticity

Answer 27

Less

Question 28

The mucous membrane should feel

Answer 28

Wet and slippery

Question 29

A tacky or sticky mucous membrane suggests

Answer 29

Dehydration

Question 30

CRT stands for

Answer 30

Capillary refill time

Question 31

If CRT is greater than ___ seconds that suggest

Answer 31

2,Dehydration

Question 32

Sunken eyes into body orbit suggests

Answer 32

Dehydration

Question 33

A marked body wait decrease over a short period of time suggest

Answer 33

Fluid loss

Question 34

A marked body weight increase over a short period of time suggests

Answer 34

Fluid retention

Question 35

Percent dehydration

Answer 35

Degree of dehydration estimated as a percentage of body weight

Question 36

Less that <5 % dehydration is

Answer 36

Undetectable dehydration (healthy)

Question 37

12-15 % dehydration means

Answer 37

Shock and imminent death