Block 2

Question 1

Arranging discharge or hospitalization

Booking owner/patients out

Answer 1

Pay the bill
Paperwork
At home meds(explain why meds are being given, go through instructions)
Make a follow up appointment if required

Question 2

How to take care of animal after surgery

Answer 2

Give the right pet to the right person
After paperwork and discharge
Take catheter out, make sure they can walk
No blood, urine, feces, vomit
Give back all stuff that came with pet
Get contact info if patient waiting for additional results
Send home additional info about condition itself
Clean room after patient leaves

Question 3

Website for condition info

Answer 3

veterinarypartner.com

Question 4

Once pet his housed

Answer 4

Blankets (maybe, not if chewers or if going to V/D)
2 closes doors between patients and the outside
Fearful animals kept separate from other animals (so they don’t create anxiety for other animals)
Animals in heat kept elsewhere
Make sure water does not go dry

Question 5

Animals with iv

Answer 5

If pump is beeping, let technician know

Question 6

Food and water during housing

Answer 6

Water may be force fed (tech)
Food depends on length (type, how much, what kind)
Food placed on nose/paw to trigger appetite (rub on roof of mouth)
You can heat up food or add warm water to trigger appetite (cat)
Some pets eat by themselves, sometimes petting hell’s

Question 7

Hepaticlipidosis

Answer 7

Concern when cats don’t eat

Can happen in 2 days

Question 8

What to mark on cage charts

Answer 8

What eating
Number of urinations / feces
Measurements of food

Question 9

When to force feed

Answer 9

Only force feed if asked by vet
Not too much food at once (to prevent aspiration)
Nasogastric/esophagotomy tube

Question 10

Exercising/socializing in clinic

Answer 10

Not often
Take dogs out 2x per day
Bring poop bags, double leash, fitting collar
Often only use leashes at clinic
Ask if vet wants urine/feces sample
Note any abnormal behaviour when urinating/defecating

Question 11

Human interaction during pet stay

Answer 11

Don’t touch all animals if risk of disease

Pet often if this helps

Question 12

Grooming during stay

Answer 12

Keep pets cleaned/groomed
Bathe if feces. Ect
Monitor for ectoparasites

Question 13

White animals

Answer 13

Only use water

Avoid newspaper

Question 14

Cleaning food/vomit

Answer 14

Wet towel

Question 15

Hypothermic pets

Answer 15

Keep warm

Question 16

Warnings of hydrogen peroxide

Answer 16

Can cause cell death

Question 17

Paralyzed animals and cleaning

Answer 17

Tails usually wrapped for easy cleaning

Question 18

Sanitation

Answer 18

Clean all stuff with disinfectant between pets

Disease can be carried - fomite

Question 19

Nosocominal infection

Answer 19

An infection that a patient has caught in the hospital

Spread by other patients or contaminated objects (fomite)

Question 20

Maintaining records

Answer 20

Legible, neat, accurate 
Can not be erased 
Always in pen/ on computer 
Strike out if you wrote a mistake 
Initial afterwards

Question 21

Do records allow for changes

Answer 21

Not often but sometimes

Permanent record

Question 22

Starting a record

Answer 22

Date, time, initials

Note if patient left items

Question 23

Record alerts?

Answer 23

Always use if necessary
Use if no service (bad client)
They should always be easy to find