Lab Finial Wildlife Rehab

Question 1

Needle Sizing (gauge)

Answer 1

smallest gauge number has largest needle size

Question 2

Volume on Syringes

Answer 2

60mL, 25mL, 20mL, 10mL, insulin syringes

Question 3

Sizing of French Tubes

Answer 3

3.5, 5, 8, 10 (small to large)

Question 4

Calculating medication and drawing it up

Answer 4

-weight (in kg) times dose divided by strength

Question 5

Calculate Fluid Needs

Answer 5

-deficit…animal weight in grams times deficit = ml of deficit
-maintenance…animal weight in kg times ml/kg/day requirement = ml/day
-ongoing losses…ml/day estimate

Question 6

How to draw fluids from a bag

Answer 6

-wipe off port w/ alcohol
-sterile needle only into the bag; change needle before administering

Question 7

How/where to give SQ fluids to birds or mammals

Answer 7

birds: caudal to shoulders and inguinal area (caution air sacs)
mammals: loose skin dorsally

Question 8

How/where to give a SQ injection to birds or mammals

Answer 8

birds: anywhere there is accessible skin (avoid directly over synsacrum/hips, neck/head
mammals: dorsally over shoulders, hips (avoid joints, tail, head/neck)

Question 9

How to make a suspension from a tablet

Answer 9

gabapentin (100mg capsule) in 5mL grenadine
100mg/5mL = 20mg/mL
10mg table in 10mL of water = 10mg/10mL or 1mg/mL dilution

Question 10

How to make a dilution from a liquid

Answer 10

1mL of enrofloxacin (100mg/mL) + 2mL of water
1mL times 100mg/mL = 100mg
100mg/3mL liquid = 33 mg/mL suspension

Question 11

How to prepare a blood sample for centrifugation

Answer 11

-fill a micro-hematocrit tube w/ blood (3/4 full)
-place clay in one end, place in centrifuge (clay to outside)
-close top and spin

Question 12

How to read a patient’s PCV

Answer 12

-packed cell volume
-blood in microhematocrit tubes, pack clay into one end, spin in centrifuge w/ clay to outside
-read the top of RBC’s on chart

Question 13

How to read a patient’s TS

Answer 13

-same as PCV
-need to cut tube plasma is what you are reading

Question 14

How to place a figure 8 wrap on a bird

Answer 14

-pass under the wind (as high in axillary space as possible), catch top of carpus (not too tight across patagium)
-used for fractured radius, ulna, or metacarpals

Question 15

When to do a body wrap

Answer 15

-need extra stability and don’t want the wing to be able to rotate/move at all

Question 16

How to place a Robert-Jones bandage on a mammal

Answer 16

-stirrups, padding, conforming gauze, stirrups up, vet-wrap
-used for tibia/fibula, radius/ulna, fractures, large wounds

Question 17

How to use a stethescope

Answer 17

ear pieces toward your nose

Question 18

Where to listen to the heart on a bird/mammal

Answer 18

-stethoscope hears valves closing
Bird: either side of the keel bone
Mammal: chest area

Question 19

How to use the Doppler

Answer 19

-doppler hears pulsing of the blood
-place doppler gel on probe, place parallel to vein, sound will emit through the speaker

Question 20

Identify parasites

Answer 20

roundworm, capillaria, coccidia, and non-parasites

Question 21

How to set up passive fecal float

Answer 21

mix feces with fecasol, create meniscus bubble and place cover slip on top, eggs float within 10-15 minutes, place coverslip on slide and examine under microscope

Question 22

How to enter fecal finding in RaptorMed

Answer 22

NPS, 1-4+, TNTC

Question 23

How to set up a centrifuged fecal sample

Answer 23

-mix 3-5g of feces with 10-15mL floatation solution (Sheather’s sugar)…pour solution through woven gauze to act as a strainer
-pour the solution in a centrifuge tube, then place in the centrifuge and spin
-fill a pipette w/ Sheather’s sugar. then insert the pipette below the surface of the mixture and add until a meniscus forms
-place a coverslip on top of the tube, let stand for 10 minutes, place on glass slide, examine under microscope

Question 24

Be able to identify medications

Answer 24

anti-biotics, pain medication, anti-parasitic medication

Question 25

Identify and describe a fracture

Answer 25

-humerus, radius/ulna; femur, tibia/fibula or tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus
-comminuted, oblique, transverse, etc.

Question 26

Possible Problems with Anesthesia Machine

Answer 26

-the isoflurane at the vaporizer is not turned on
-there is a leak in he hose exiting the vaporizer
-there is not enough isoflurane

Question 27

Flow of Gas through Anesthesia Machine

Answer 27

-oxygen tank
-flowmeter
-anesthesia vaporizer
-patient
-waste gas collector

Question 28

A suspension made from a table should

Answer 28

not be given SQ