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RVT Journal Quiz: Volume 48, Issue 3, Article 2 - Reducing risk and avoiding complications post-anesthesia

RVT Journal Quiz: Volume 48, Issue 3, Article 2 - Reducing risk and avoiding complications post-anesthesia

Continuing to learn after achieving RVT status is essential for the individual and the advancement of the profession. Ontario RVTs can earn one (1) Continuing Education (CE) credit by reading the CE articles in the RVT Journal, or watching recorded sessions of OAVT presentations, and submitting the successfully completed corresponding quizzes.

If you obtain a score of 8 out of 10 (80%) or higher, you will receive a confirmation email which OAVT members can use as acceptable proof for their online CE record.

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1. Most animals should be placed on their side, or with head and neck in a slightly elevated position, to avoid aspiration and facilitate easier breathing.
2. This drug does not act to reduce regurgitation:
3. These specific types of patients should be recovered in sternal recumbency where possible, to assist in maximum perfusion to the lungs.
4. Nebulizing with adrenaline for BOAS patients helps by:
5. Instilling this drug into the endotracheal balloon (shown in human medicine) reduces pain in the throat area, and reduces the cough reflex in the post anesthesia period.
6. The majority of anesthetic-related fatalities occur during the _______ phase, rather than during the administration of anesthesia itself.
7. Acepromazine can be antagonized if given as a rescue drug.
8. Which of the following environment choices will contribute to an improved recovery?
9. The problem with opioid boluses in the recovery phase is that they create:
10. Patients over _____ kg should be placed in a sternal recumbency, to avoid collapsing lung fields.
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