Phone Advise for Common Emergencies Flashcards
1
Q
Patients in Respiratory Distress
A
- Minimal handling
- Avoid restraint where possible (neck in particular)
- Care with car travel (cats!!!), keep it cool, calm and quiet
2
Q
Patients with Toxin Exposure
A
- Find out approx. time (<4h can still induce emesis)
- Find out toxin, have client bring packet if possible
- Client cannot induce emesis on their own (risk of aspiration pneumonia, oral trauma, respiratory distress)
- Refer to VIN or Animal Poisons Information Services
3
Q
Patients having seizures
A
- Keep client calm
- Do not touch head/mouth (avoid bites!!)
- Dim the lights and place soft bedding around pet to reduce injuries
- Get to vet ASAP when safe to handle pet
4
Q
Patients with V+ and/or D+
A
- Advise to be seen, may cause dehydration/electrolyte imbalances
- Occasionally a V can be a sign of something very serious such as snake bite or pericardial effusion
5
Q
Patients with Foreign Body
A
- String, fish hooks, wires etc should not be removed by owner
- Bring to clinic immediately
6
Q
Patients with Trauma (HBC, Dog Attack etc)
A
- Bring to clinic regardless of severity
- Do not remove penetrating foreign body
- Can apply pressure to bleeding, do not remove once saturated, pack new material on top
- Stabilise fractured limb if possible with rolled up newspaper/wood and soft bandaging
7
Q
Patients with Heat Stress
A
- Bring to clinic regardless of severity
- Commence cooling prior to transport
- Use wet towel on groin, do not cover animal in wet towel
- Air con where possible
- Care with cats - applying cooling items may cause stress, usually best to just use air con and gently dampen if possible
8
Q
Patients with Toad Toxicity
A
- If walking (but salivating) rinse mouth out using wet chux for at least 5 mins, regularly rinsing chux
- Do not use hose, likely to cause aspiration
- Severely affected animals can have this done while in transport if safe to do so without being bitten
