Flashcards in Recovery Deck (55)
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How frequently do you monitor the vitals on an unconscious or immobile patient?
Every 10 minutes until animal regains consciousness.
2
An unconscious patient needs to be continuously supervised until when?
Extubation
3
What are 2 things that shivering consumes?
Oxygen and glucose
4
What needs to be conserved in an unconscious patient?
Body heat
5
With an unconscious patient, the tongue should be pulled rostrally to prevent what?
Pharyngeal occlusion
6
The endotracheal tube should be maintained until upper airway reflexes and jaw movement return in what type of patient?
Brachycephalic
7
Food and water should not be offered until the patient is what?
Standing
8
What should not be placed with an anesthetized animal?
An awake animal.
9
Caution needs to be used with what type of bandaging?
Especially where?
- Constrictive
- Head and throat
10
Tight bandaging over the abdomen of a cat can lead to what?
Posterior paralysis
11
What are 2 possible causes that can be mistaken for anesthetic sensitivity?
- Inappropriate dosing
- Inappropriate monitoring
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Is anesthetic sensitivity common or rare in dogs?
Rare
13
What information do you need to know with prolonged emergence?
What the cause of the animal being asleep is.
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How do you systematically evaluate a patient undergoing prolonged emergence?
A - Airway: maintain & protect
B - Breathing: ventilate to maintain normal CO2
C - CV: assess HR, BP, perfusion, urine output
D - Drugs: review all combinations
E - Electrolytes
F - Failure to find cause
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What are 5 possible pharmacologic factors for prolonged emergence?
- Timing
- Total dose
- Half life
- Route
- Patient bioavailability
16
What effect do opioids have on the respiratory system?
How does this affect the inhalant?
- Decrease ventilation
- Delay inhalant elimination
17
What are 2 types of drugs that can potentiate other general anesthetic agents?
- Benzodiazepines
- Ketamine
18
What drugs can have a prolonged affect in greyhounds?
Barbiturates
19
Opioid accumulation can lead to what?
Prolonged emergence
20
What are 2 reversal agents for alpha 2 agonists?
- Atipamezole
- Yohimbine
21
What effect do benzodiazepines have that can cause prolonged emergence?
Decrease hepatic blood flow may prolong hepatic metabolism.
22
What is a reversal agent of benzodiazepines?
Flumazenil
23
What do you want to be careful of when reversing drugs?
Reversing analgesic effects.
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Depressed thermoregulation under anesthesia can lead to what?
Hypothermia
25
What are 4 ways heat is lost?
- Evaporation
- Radiation
- Conduction
- Convection
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What are 3 classes of drugs that alter thermoregulation?
- Opioids
- Alpha 2 agonists
- Inhalants
27
Inhalants lower thermal threshold response to what temperature?
What won't happen in the patient until this level is reached?
- 34.5 C
- Patient won't shiver.
28
How do you convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Multiply by 1.8 and then add 32
29
A patients body temperature decreases over time with what?
How much in dogs?
How much in horses?
- Inhalants
- 2 C/hr
- 0.37 C/hr
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