Level 1

Question 1

Facility Goal

Answer 1

Evaluating patients as a whole, not just looking at charts

Question 2

T/F

Assume an animal can/will bite

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What do you do if you bitten or scratched?

Answer 3

Let go of the patient.
Announce a loose animal.
Fill out bite/scratch report.
Seek medical attention of necessary.

Question 4

Who makes the decision if an aggressive dog may need sedation?

Answer 4

DOD

Question 5

Osha rule of thumb for lifting patients

Answer 5

40 pounds or more needs two people.

Question 6

T/F

You can leave a patient unattended on an elevated surface.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Scuffing a cat or young dog is

Answer 7

A last resort, high stress handling technique

Question 8

Can you scruff respiratory patients?

Answer 8

No.

Question 9

Will fearful patients bite?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

Tools for fearful/aggressive patients

Answer 10

Basket muzzle
E collar
Slip lead

Question 11

What is the use of a towel, blanket or cat bag for fearful/aggressive patients?

Answer 11

Allows you to wrap the animal prevent scratches and escaping.

Question 12

What can you add to a towel or blanket with an aggressive patient to calm them? Cats and dogs

Answer 12

Adaptil for dogs

Feilway for cats

Question 13

What are the benefits of a collapsing net?

Answer 13

It can catch small, loose, patients that are frantic.

Question 14

Does a stiff flex lead allow for flexibility?

Answer 14

Yes but at a distance.

Question 15

When and who would utilize a rabies catch pole?

Answer 15

Experienced staff may use it for larger, aggressive patients.

Question 16

Can you use a buster collar on aggressive pets?

Answer 16

Yes. It minimizes bite risk as well as preventing scratching or biting at a wound or IV site. You can also use e-collars and plastic cones.

Question 17

What tool should all pets with a urinary catheter, nasogastric tube, and chest tube wear?

Answer 17

Buster collars / e collars

Question 18

What types of muzzles does the hospital have for both cats and dogs?

Answer 18

Plastic
Leather
Nylon
Basket

Question 19

T/F placing a muzzle on a patient instantly calms them?

Answer 19

False. Sometimes it can make a patient more fractious when muzzles.

Question 20

What measurement system do most drug companies use metric or us?

Answer 20

Metric

Question 21

Do you record weight in pounds or kilograms?

Answer 21

Both

Question 22

What is the equation to convert pounds to kilograms?

Answer 22

Pounds/2.2=kilograms

Question 23

When would you use a gram scale?

Answer 23

For extra small patients such as infants and lab animals.

Question 24

What pets would you use the small scale for?

Answer 24

Cats and small dogs.

Question 25

What are large scales used for?

Answer 25

Medium and large breed dogs

Question 26

How frequently should you check a animals vitals?

Answer 26

DOD will say at what intervals

Question 27

Why are vitals important?

Answer 27

Provide information about the patients progress or decline.

Question 28

What does TPR stand for?

Answer 28

Temperature, Pulse, Respiration

Question 29

What is normal temp for cats and dog non-neonate?

Answer 29

100.0 to 102.5 F

Question 30

Normal temp for neonates?(<4 days)

Answer 30

95.5 to 98.6 F

Question 31

Hypothermic

Answer 31

Temp below normal range

Question 32

Hyperthermic

Answer 32

Twmp above normal ranges

Question 33

Pyrexia (fever)

Answer 33

Temp above normal caused by inflammatory process or infection

Question 34

If a patient is receiving supplemental heating/cooling how often should their temp be taken?

Answer 34

At least every hour of adults. And at least every 30 minutes for neonates.

Question 35

What are some causes of hypothermia?

Answer 35

Over exposure to frigid temperatures Hypothyroidisms Shock

Question 36

What are some causes of hyperthermia?

Answer 36

Inability to self regulate temperature (panting for dogs) Heat stroke Ingesting of certain toxins or medication

Question 37

What does pulse evaluation include?

Answer 37

How the pulse feels when pulsating and the rate of the pulse

Question 38

Where do you take a patients pulse?

Answer 38

``` Femoral artery (inside of the rear leg in inguinal area) Carotid artery (the jugular furrow along the neck) Pedal artery (bottom of the paw) ```

Question 39

How do you describe a normal pulse?

Answer 39

Adequate or good?

Question 40

Bounding pulse?

Answer 40

The pulse feels full and spring like on palpation.

Question 41

Weak pulse?

Answer 41

The pulse is difficult to feel on palpation

Question 42

Thread pulse

Answer 42

Scarcely perceptible and commonly rapid that feels like a small thread under your finger.

Question 43

Absent pulse

Answer 43

A pulse that cannot be detected

Question 44

T/F If a patients pulse is absent they are dead

Answer 44

False. A patient may have an absent pulse due to low blood pressure

Question 45

What is the range of a normal dogs respiration (breaths per minute)

Answer 45

16 to 30 bpm

Question 46

Normal cat respiration range in bpm

Answer 46

16 to 30 bpm

Question 47

T/F Cat panting or open mouth breathing is abnormal.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

What is a dogs normal range for HR?

Answer 48

70 to 150 beats per minute

Question 49

Normal HR for cats

Answer 49

140 to 240 bpm

Question 50

T/F larger animals have a faster hr while small animals have a slower hr.

Answer 50

False, | Large animals have a slower hr while smaller animals have a faster hr.