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(T/F) Vets and rehabbers are often placed under a great deal of pressure to save the animal.

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True

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What is traige?

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Injuries are prioritizing and treated according to severity
Most life threatening are attended to first

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The decisions in triage about treatment and prioritization are base on _____ and ______.

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Outcome and prognosis

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How can an accurate triage help the vets in the long run?

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Can save months of work, emotional energy and finite resources

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Out of these, what can be a poor prognostic indicator?
a) Emeciated
b) Severe patagial wounds
c) Some parasites
d) Open old fractures
e) Damage to digit 3 and 4
f) Joint luxation and spinal fractures

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A, B, D, F
C- heavy ectoparasites burden
E - Damage to hallux (1) and power tallon (2)

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What are the 3 major problems that can happen with trauma that are part of the 3 strikes?

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Wing fractures
Leg fractures
Severe ocular trauma

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What is the most important thing to do during triage?

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Do an initial brief assessment
(confirm species, note any obvious problems, evaluate aggressiveness)

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What are the 4 compromising ABC or life threatening conditions that we should assess in our brief assessment that would make us want to act quickly?

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Respiratory distress
Significant hemorrhage
Severe shock
Seizure

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If the airway is compromised what should you do?

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Use endotracheal tube or air sac cannula

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What should you do if a patients breathing is compromised?

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100% O2
Positive pressure ventilation

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What should you do if circulation is compromised? (coloration of mucous membranes, body temperature, degree of hydration, CTR, pulse)

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Heat source
Fluid therapy

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What is the rate a bird should be intubated and have a positive pressure ventilation?

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4-5 seconds

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How many compressions over the sternum should be provided to an avian patient?

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60-80/minute

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What can you use to monitor heart beat in a cardiopulmonary arrest?

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ECG and Doppler

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If a patient is in respiratory distress what should you do?

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Minimize handling
Get O2 (face mask or oxygen chamber)
Mild sedation (Butorphanol or midazolam)

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What symptoms can you see with electrocution patients?

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Acute respiratory distress (from neurogenic pulmonary edema)
Cardiac arrest, pericardial effusion, thermal burns

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What is our top priority in hemorrhagic patients?

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Homeostasis is top priority

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How much blood can wild animals lose?

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No more than 1% of BW
(in reptiles is 0.5%)

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(T/F) Mammals will tolerate acute blood loss better than birds.

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False - the other way around

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When will we consider transfusions in birds and mammals?

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Birds: <15% PCV
Mammals: <25% PCV

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How do we define shock?

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Poor tissue perfusion from either low blood flow or unevenly distributed flow

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What kind of shock is the most common?

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Hypovolemic shock
- Fluid therapy is critical

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What is the only kind of seizure that is worth treating instead of euthanizing?

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Seizures due to hypoglycemia
- babies
Everything else: trauma, infectious, toxins, parasites should be euthanized

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What should be the amount you should be taking triaging your patient?

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1 min (while transferring into incubator)
Raptors a little more in depth and we do diagnostics

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What are the two blood tests performed on every raptor at entry?
HCT/TP CBC/Chem can be done in the first week
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What is the level for lead toxicity in blood work?
>0.2 ppm (it will vary depending on species on clinical signs)
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Who is ok with one functional eye and who needs perfect vision?
One functional eye - owl Perfect vision - accipiters (diurinal birds)
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What are the signs of hyperthermia?
Severe exertion or excitement Panting or red mucous membranes
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Which patients do we see hypothermia the most?
Orphaned animals and wet animals
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Which patients have hypoglycemia the most?
Orphaned wildlife Will see - ataxia, seizures, loss of consciousness
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What are the 3 things we should keep in mind while calculating fluids?
- % dehydration - Maintenance fluid rate - Estimate ongoing losses
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What are crystalloids used for?
Replacement or maintenance of blood volume
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Which routes can crystalloids be given?
PO, SQ, IV, IO
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What compartment do colloid fluids replenish?
Intravascular (remains in blood stream)
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What routes can colloids be given?
IV or IO
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Which route of administration is best depending on the function of the GI?
With functional GIT - PO or SC With diminished GIT - SC
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What bones can we place IO catheters in birds? Which ones can we not?
Place - ulna or proximal tibiotarsus Cannot place - humerus and femur
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What bones can we place IO catheters in reptiles and mammals?
Proximal tibia
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What should we give patients with head trauma within 24 hours of the event? How about after?
Within 24 hours - Mannitol or hypertonic saline After 24 hours - NSAID therapy
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What is the first diagnostic tool we use for avian spinal fractures?
Survey radiographs
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What are the common sites of avian spinal trauma?
Caudal to the notarium Cranial to the synscarum
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In mammalian spinal trauma, what do you want to test for?
Test postural reactions (proprioception and withdrawal reflex)
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If there is trauma to UMN above S1-S3 what will you see with the bladder?
Overdistended, difficult to express
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If there is trauma to LMN within S1-S3 what will you see with the bladder?
Dribble urine, easily expressed
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(T/F) UMN lesions usually have better prognosis for recovery than LMN lesions.
True
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(T/F) You want to stabilize your patient first before going into surgery even though they have fractures because they are not fresh
True
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Shells are made out of ____
Bone
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If someone told you they picked up a bird and saw a cat pass by, should you provide antibiotics to the patient?
Yes - cat bites are notoriously infected (wild animals are often susceptible to P. multocida and sepsis from gram neg bacteria), assume they got bit if there is a cat around
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What three drugs do we use for avian analgesia?
Tramadol, buprenorphine/butorphanol, gabapentin
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What NSAID is used the most that is indicated for any type of trauma?
Meloxicam
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What NSAID can be used for ocular trauma?
Flurbiprofen

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