Emergency and critical care vet medicine

Triage

What are two types of triage?

What does the primary and secondary survey involve?

What does A, B, C, D stand for in the primary survey?

What do you do if the patient isn't breathing and if it is?

How do you assess circulation?

What does disability evaluate?

Name the triage levels

Give some examples of immediate triage?

give some examples of triage level very urgent

Give some examples of urgent level triage

Give some examples of standard triage level

give some examples of non urgent triage level

name 8 causes of respiratory distress

and give examples of specific dz

Normal RR
cats:
dogs:

Is open mouth breathing normal in cats? dogs?

To what % of Sp02 does the mm colour remain pink?

What Spo2 is considered hypoxaemic?

At what % spO2 does mm colour go cyanotic?

Name 5 diagnostics in respiratory distress

What are some ways oxygen can be delivered to an animal in respiratory distress?

Whats an advantage and disadvantage of an oxygen mask?

Whats an advantage and disadvantage of an oxygen hood?

Whats an advantage and disadvantage of nasal oxygen?

Whats an advantage and disadvantage of an oxygen cage?

What is an advantage and disadvantage of intubation?

What is the TV of a dog?

When is positive pressure ventilation indicated?

What are the 3 types of shock?

What is the mechanism of cardiogenic shock?

Example?

What is the mechanism of hypovolaemic shock?

example?

What is the mechanism of vasodilatory shock?

mechanism?

What determines CO?

How do you tell if a patient is in shock?

-list the parameters you look at

What is something else we can test to see if there is sufficient 02 or not?

Why do we see an increase in lactate with reduced o2?

can you monitor shock by measuring Bp? why?

How do you treat hypovolaemic shock?

What dose of isotonic crystalloid would you administer to a dog? cat?

over what time period?

What are some advantages and disadvantages of isotonic crystalloids?

How would you dose a cat and dog with colloid fluids?

What are some advantages and disadvantages of colloids?

What dose of 7.5% hypertonic solution would you treat shock with?

What are some advantages and disadvantages of hypertonic solution?

Why may you give blood products?

How do you diagnose and treat pneumothorax

How do you diagnose and treat hemothorax?

How do you diagnose and treat pulmonary contusions?

How do you treat rib fractures/flail chest?

How do you treat DH?

How do you treat myocardial contusions?

What diagnostics can you use in thoracic trauma?

Therapy in thoracic trauma

What do you do with a haemoabdomen patient?

What do you do with a patient with septic abdominal trauma?

What diagnostics can you do with abdominal trauma?

How do you manage a patient with traumatic head injury?

What do you do with a patient wit spinal trauma?

Fracture management?

Wound management?