Emergency & Calculations

Emergency Nursing & Calculations

ACVN 1 - Sophie Butler

BLS

Lateral recumbency

Behind forelimb, widest part of the chest

Heel of hands and straight elbows

Multiple:

• 100-120 beats/minute

• 10 breaths/minute

Solo:

• 30 beats/min

• 2 breaths/min

Open Ended

If the patient fails to respond to two minutes of basic life support, which medication would be administered first?

Dehydration!

What would we see on the blood work?

Other suitable lab tests?

Clinical exam -

Treatment -

Calculation Questions...

Multiple Choice

A 6kg dog needs an IV dose of meloxicam. The VS asks you to give a dose of 0.4mg/kg. What is the correct amount you will injection into the animals cephalic vein?

• 2.4

• 1.4

• 0.48

• 0.8

Multiple Choice

A 9kg dog requires 2mg/kg of a 2.5% solution. How many ML will you inject?

• 1.1ml

• 0.9ml

• 0.1ml

• 0.7ml

Open Ended

A 10kg dog requires maintenance fluid administration with a 20 drip factor giving set. Calculate the drops per second.

Open Ended

After 24hrs of fluid administration the patients PCV has INCREASED from 36% to 44%. Calculate the fluid loss for this animal.

Open Ended

A 6kg cat requires a fluid bolus of 5ml/kg over 15 minutes using a drip factor of 60. Calculate the drops per second.