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Flashcards by sportycanine, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by sportycanine
almost 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What does ABC stand for? | A: airway B: breathing C: circulation |
| What are some components of a capsule history? | Signalment, primary complaint, duration of problem, appetite, water intake, vax status, meds, bleeding, collapse, consciousness? |
| What MBS are assessed and how? | Cardiovascular: pulses, mucous membranes, CRT, HR, cardiac auscultation; Neurological: mentation, abnormal signs, gait; Respiratory: RR (15-25 pm) and effort, pulmonary auscultation, observe from afar |
| What is hypoperfusion? | failure of the circulatory system to deliver blood to the tissues |
| What are the various types of shock and what can cause them? | Hypovolemic shock: lack of normal blood volume (hemorrhage, fluid loss into GI or 3rd spaces); Maldistributive: inappropriate vasodilation that alters blood flow (SIRS, sepsis, or anaphylaxis); Cardiogenic: failure of the heart to pump blood effectively (end stage cardiac disease or severe arrhythmias); Obstructive: obstruction to blood flow (pericardial effusion or pulmonary thromboembolism) |
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