External Coaptation Flashcards
(50 cards)
What does external coaptation consist of?
Leg bandages and splints Limb casts Head & face bandages Abdominal wraps Tail bandages
What are the indications of external coaptation?
Reduce (compress) dead space
Prevent further injury
Immobilize a limb or joint (tendon laceration)
Protects limb during transportation, work or performance
All layers of a bandage should be applied how?
In the same direction
What bandages are used to protect the horse during work or turnout?
Exercise bandages and wraps
What bandages are used to protect the horse during transportation?
Shipping bandages
What is the most common type of bandages?
Distal limb bandage
What utilizes items such as PVC with the stack wrap?
External coaptation splint
What bandage is placed on the hoof, and takes off the pressure off the canon bone or a tendon injury?
Kimzy Splint
What is used mostly when there has been damage to the hoof or surgery has been performed in that area?
Hoof bandages
What is the grey material for the bottom of the cast?
Techno vit
What equipment is used for trimming feet on horses?
Nippers and file
What does a good hoof look like?
Aligned horn tubules
Hoof balance
Long toe, under run heel
What part of the feet is nip/clipped off first?
The quarters, then progress toward the tube
What horses are cystocentesis commonly performed on?
Foals
Miniature horses
What does horse urine commonly contain?
Calcium carbonate crystals
What is the accumulation of secretions from sebaceous glands, sweat glands, dead cells and dirt?
Smegma
The accumulation of the smegma is found in the urethral fossa and is called what?
The bean
Enemas are usually performed in newborn foals to help with the passage of what?
Meconium (1st stool)
Can you tear the rectum with an enema?
Yes can cause a septicemia
Where is abdominocentesis performed?
The most dependent part of the abdomen and 1-2 cm to the right of midline
What are the two points of resistance for an abdominocentesis?
Abdominal wall and peritoneum
When placing the catheter for an abdominocentesis, why should you insert to the right of midline?
To avoid the spleen
Why should the EDTA from the tube be shaken out before the sample is collected?
Can falsely elevated total protein
Normal equine peritoneal fluid is what?
Translucent and very pale yellow to amber
Total protein is less than 2g/dL
WBC is less than 5,000-10,000/ mcl