ECC III

A young, healthy patient on IVF before a routine spay immediately goes into cardiorespiratory arrest. Why?

How many square meters of surface area are contained in one gram of activated charcoal?

Which is the most important measure that can be taken to control nosocomial infections?

When passing a nasogastric tube, where should the tube be measured?

 When performing a diagnostic peritoneal lavage, how much fluid is infused into the abdomen?

How many days after a tick attaches itself to a dog can the neurological signs associated with tick paralysis be seen?

Which of the following tests can be used to diagnosis panleukopenia in a cat?

What is the expected difference between a patient's ETCO2 and the actual PaCO2?

The vet is concerned that a patient's platelets are not functioning properly. Which test will the doctor request?

Oncology brings a dog to the ER after vincristine extravasation. Which of the following procedures is not recommended?

3YO dog collapsed on a walk. It was unresponsive for 15 sec. w/o thrashing & then fine. What condition do you suspect?

Which is the correct order of changes in mentation from best to worst?

___ causes damage to the optic nerve resulting in blindness & can be diagnosed by testing intraocular pressure.

What is the correct formula when discussing cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP)?

Metoclopramide is contraindicated in which of the following conditions?

Which of the following medications can cause abortions?

At what temperature will a patient become comatose and develop muscular rigidity as well as cardiac arrhythmia?

Where would a vet tech shave and surgically prep a patient that requires placement of an esophagostomy tube?

Which of the following options is not a goal of oxygen therapy?

Which blood value will be elevated when a patient experiences decreased perfusion?

What is the most likely cause of respiratory distress in a dog that has suffered from a choking episode?

Which of the following drugs is the preferred antidote for ethylene glycol toxicity?

Megaesophagus patient presents with weakness associated with exercise that is normal after rest. What do you suspect?

With what is the P wave associated on an ECG?

A patient with von Willebrand's disease requires surgery. Which product can be administered to prevent hemorrhage?

What coagulation factors are tested with an activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)?

Which of the following options is not a ketone?

While writing in a patient's medical record you make a mistake. What should you do?

When preparing a patient for a temporary tracheostomy, where should the patient be shaved and scrubbed?

Which of the following drugs would be used to treat organophosphate poisoning?

While monitoring a patient you note the ECG suddenly flatlines. You immediately:

What coagulation factors are tested by a prothrombin time?

 What is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in dogs?

Which of the following rodenticides will cause neurological signs when ingested?

 Which of these metabolites contributes more to ketoacidosis but is least detectable on a urine ketone strip?

When performing a thoracentesis, the needle should be placed:

While triaging a patient, you notice an increased respiratory effort on inspiration. What disease might this indicate?

 When falling from a building, at what height (story) will a cat's injuries be less likely to be life threatening?

Running electrolytes on abdominal fluid & comparing to serum electrolytes, what condition are you trying to rule out?

What is the cause of polyuria/polydipsia in dogs with a pyometra?

A dog presents after a house fire; w/ skin areas that are yellow/black in color, dry, & mildly painful. Classification?

A chemo patient develops vomiting, diarrhea, pale MM, & depression post treatment. What do you suspect is happening?

Which type of hypersensitivity occurs when antibodies destroy the body's own, normal cells?

Which of the following techniques is appropriate for a radius fracture?

A Doppler is used to measure:

What is a patient's expected PaO2 when breathing room air?

Patient has a history of collapse; pulses weaker w/ inspiration & stronger w/ expiration; sounds muffled @ height of QRS

Which of the following procedures should not be used to cool a heatstroke patient?

Which of the following is not a cause of hypoglycemia in a septic patient?

What changes will be seen on the pulse oximeter of a patient with carbon dioxide poisoning?

A patient receives a PRBC transfusion. How many days can pass before he will require a crossmatch for a 2nd transfusion?

How should a patient be positioned for a temporary tracheostomy?

When should you become concerned that MAP of a patient is too low & that perfusion to major organs will be compromised?

Which of the following conditions is not a cause of central vestibular disease?

Which of the following is not a determinant of stroke volume?

Which of the following bacteria is responsible for tetanus?

Which of the following medications requires a filter when being administered?

 The stretch (or load) placed on the myocardial fibers right before the heart contracts is known as:

Which of the following blood tests can be diagnostic for anticoagulant rodenticide ingestion?

A patient with flail chest should be positioned how on the treatment table to min. pain & max respiratory function?

Which of the following options controls breathing in dogs and cats?

When setting up direct arterial blood pressure monitoring, where should the transducer be placed?

A patient will develop idiogenic osmoles in response to which condition?

A patient has a respiratory pattern with periods of apnea alternating with periods of hyperpnea. What is this called?

A dog presents with pericardial effusion. Where should a you shave the patient for a pericardiocentesis?

You notice that a patient has an elevated blood lactate level. What change would you expect on a blood gas analysis?

The difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures is called:

What is the initial cause of blepharospasm?

Which patient will experience more damage from an electrical shock?

When obtaining an ECG, how should the patient be positioned?

Dog that got chemo 1 week ago presents to the ER. Vet requests a CBC. What do you expect the results to show?

When measuring central venous pressure, where should the zero on the manometer be positioned?