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1
Q

What should be developed to make sure all the procedures were performed

A

checklist

2
Q

Why must you do to prepare for a procedure on a horse?

A

grooming, remove shoes, clips hair, PE, Jugular IV

3
Q

What is involved with a physical exam on a horse when preparing them for surgery?

A

heart, lungs, blood, vaccines, rebreathing bag, mouth washed

4
Q

Where is the IV placed in a horse?

A

jugular

5
Q

What is given IV and in what type of tube?

A

NSAIDs

ET Tube

6
Q

Intraoperative nursing consults DVM on what?

A

padded table needed, recumbency, type of suture material, instruments needed, bandaging

7
Q

Postoperative nursing includes?

A

monitoring, complications, administering medications, changing bandages, Grooming

8
Q

What are some things that you monitor?

A

pain, febrile, infection, swelling, erthema, heat

9
Q

What are some complications with surgery?

A

pneumonia, diarrhea, jugular vein

10
Q

Administers what medications and how ?

A

antibiotics or NSAIDs (orally, IM, IV or catheter

11
Q

When does changing bandages include?

A

bandaged until sutures removed, every 2 -3 days, more often if “strike-through, is seen, even tension when putting bandage on

12
Q

What part does grooming play in postoperative time frame?

A

cleaning up wounds, blood on patient etc.