Emergency Response

Question 1

In patients with Renal Disease, what 3 precautions can be taken to prevent complications during anesthesia?

Answer 1

1. Be Careful with Fluids (Don’t Overhydrate)
2. Decrease Drug Doses (Most Injectables)
3. Inhalants are Better

Question 2

“Primum non nocere”

Answer 2

First Do No Harm

Question 3

If an animal wakes up during anesthesia, this is an emergency situation during which the following 6 factors should be quickly checked

Answer 3

1. Vaporizer setting
2. ET tube
3. Apnea
4. Resp depth
5. Machine function
6. Agonal vs waking up parameters

Question 4

What clinical sign of impending death could be confused with an animal waking up from anesthesia

Answer 4

Agonal resp
DONT TURN UP GAS, if you do they will get dead

Question 5

Tx for a patient waking up from anesthesia during sx

Answer 5

1. Hold the sx
2. Check poss causes and address them
3. Give more induction agent

Question 6

5 steps for further inhalant drug administration when your patient is waking up

Answer 6

1. Empty reservoir bag
2. Turn up O2
3. Turn up gas
4. Bag/ ventilate
5. Watch depth change

Question 7

Parameters to assess that may indicate your patient is too deep 5

Answer 7

1. Resp <8
2. BPM (dog <60 cat <100)
3. Weak pulse/ pulse deficit
4. Pale/ cyanotic MM
5. No reflex activity

Question 8

When the metatarsal pulse is absent, this means your pressure is less than

Answer 8

60mmHg

Question 9

When the femoral pulse is absent, this means your pressure is less than

Answer 9

40mmHg

Question 10

Cyanosis indicates a lack of O2 in the face of…..

Answer 10

Adequate hemoglobin