Lecture 1/10/17 Medication Administration

Question 1

Whats important to remember about Eq injections

Answer 1

Needle gauge

Needle length

Seeding of needle hub

pros & cons of different techniques

Question 2

What is important to remember about:

Intracarotid Injections

Answer 2

They can cause:

Death

Seizures

Mild fasciculations

Question 3

What is important to remember about:

Perivascular injections

Answer 3

They can cause:

Neurologic dysfunction (LH)

Sloughing

Infections (septic thrombophlebitis, phlebitis, cellulitis)

Inflammation

Fibrosis

Question 4

Whats important to remember about:

IM injections

Answer 4

They can cause:

Intrathoracic dz (septic mediastinitis)

cellulitis (clostridiosis)

myositis

fibrotic myopathy

lameness

local inflammation/pain