Fear Free Flashcards
1
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Emotional Medical Record
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- document detailing a pet’s likes & dislikes
- Favorite treats, people
- prefered treatment area
- stressful procedures
2
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Gentle Control
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- How the pet is safely positioned with minimal restraint to provide needed care
3
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Touch Gradient
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- Using a considerate approach & gentle control during examinations
- Moving from less to more sensitive areas
4
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Why FAS Matters
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- FAS can mimic pain, nausea, & neurological disease callenging a diagnosis
- 78.5% of dogs demonstrated fear on the examination table
- less than 50% of dogs willingly entered the hospital
- 13.3% dragged or carried
- Routine puppy and kitten visits can create lifelong FAS
- Cats are #1 most popular pet in USA but feline visits are limited
- Lack of knowledge of needed care
- Cost
- Resistance to carriers and travel
- Stress in the clinic
5
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Receptionist’s Role
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- Scheduling
- Reveiw emotional record
- Travel
- Being hundry
- Carrier acclimation
- Toys and Treats
- Arrival
- Elevated surfaces for cats
- Floor scale for dogs
- Treats near reception and scale
- Limit wait time, reduce chaos, and noise
- Separated spaces as possible & visual barriers
6
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Exam room
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- Elevated surfaces or perches
- Reduce background noise
- Non-slip, not cold, non-relective surfaces
- Thermostate control
- Examine where comfortable
- Use gentle congrol & touch gradients
- Owner present if its helpful
- Prepare supplies ahead of time
- Ventilation (1% bleach decreases olfction & increases anxiety)
- Toys, treats, or grooming tools
- Good dimmable lighting
- Soft colors
- Privacy, avoiding unfamiliar animals
7
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Sound Therapy for Dogs
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- Classical music
- more sleeping/resting
- less vocalizing
- lowered respirations & heart rates
- Owner satisfaction increased
- Audio books
- Calmer during kenneling vs. classical music
8
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Sound Therapy for Cats
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- Species specific music before, during, & after exam
- lowered stress
- improved handling
9
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Fun Visits
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- Informal (not scheduled) no cost visit
- Help prevent FAS in the hospital
- No procedures
- treats and attention if positive!
- Completed by the client without the aid of the staff
10
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Victory Visits
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- Formal (scheduled) with a fee
- Team member involved
- desensitization
- counterconditioning for a specific fear
11
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Feline Passive Restraint
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- Upright position
- minimized restraint
- Stayed on the table 6.1x longer
12
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Feline Full Body Restraint
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- On their side
- Immobilized head, body, and limbs
- 8.2x more attempts to flee
- 6 seconds longer to achieve positioning
- Increased respiration and lip licking
- Increased incidence of pupil dilation and holding ears back or to the side
13
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Optimal Anxiolytic
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- Reliably effective (even with current FAS)
- Rapid onset
- Large safety margin
- No client abuse potential
- Easy to administer
- Reversible
- Inexpensive
- Readily available
14
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Gabapentin
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- Less effective is already fearful
- Peak effect 1.5-2 hours after administration
- Anxiolytic properties not fully understood
- Potential benefit in pain management
- Pilled or mixed into treat/canned food
- Can use acutely or chronically
- Inexpensive
- Can combine with other drugs including trazodone, benzodiazepines & injectables
15
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Gabapentin in Cats
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- Cats given gabapentin had significantly lowered stress during transport
- Decreased agression
- Increased examination compliance
- Side Effects:
- Resolve within 8 hours
- none (most cats)
- sedation
- ataxia
- hyersalivation (rare)
- Vomiting (rare)
- 50-100 mg/cat 2 hours before stress
