Questions and Answers of Veterinary Assisting Fundamentals

What is meant by the term signalment?
What is the chief complaint?
What is a triage? Why is it performed?
What is the difference between a scale and a weight tape?
What is the difference between hypothermia and hyperthermia?
What is the importance of safe use of a mercury thermometer?
What are the parts of the MSDS?
What is the DEA?
What is the importance of the DEA in veterinary medicine?
What is a controlled substance?
What are some chemicals and disinfectants used in the veterinary hospital?
What is aseptic technique?
What areas should be cleaned in a veterinary facility?
What is the importance of the patient history?
What are the parts of a patient history?
What is the importance of the physical exam?
What items should a prescription include to fill it?
What items must be included on a label to dispense a medicine?
When obtaining the rectal temperature of a dog, what should the normal temperature be? What should the normal rectal temperature of a horse be?
Explain how to locate the heart in the chest area of an animal.
What is the term for an increased or elevated heart rate? A decreased or slow heart rate?
What are some signs of dental disease?
What is the importance of proper hand washing?
What are some abnormalities that may be noted when using an ophthalmoscope?
What is the proper way to mop an exam room floor?
What is the importance of the hospital treatment board?
What information should be placed on a hospital treatment board?
What are some veterinary assistant duties and responsibilities in emergency situations?
What are some common emergency tools and supplies?
What are the three layers of a basic bandage?
What is the purpose of each layer(three layers of basic bandage)?
What information should be addressed for basic bandage care?
What tasks are involved in the grooming care of an animal?
What is the difference between combing and brushing?
What is meant by trimming, clipping, and shaving patients?
What items and supplies are necessary for bathing?
What are signs of an ear infection?
What is the importance of styptic powder or silver nitrate sticks?
Why do dewclaws often become overgrown?
What are signs of a dog or cat needing anal glands expressed?
What are dental care responsibilities of the veterinary assistant?
What tools and supplies are necessary for brushing a patient’s teeth?
What type of injections may be completed by the veterinary assistant?
What does the term aspiration mean?
What is the difference between an 18 gauge needle and a 24 gauge needle?
What items should be placed on a syringe label?
What is the difference in using SQ fluid therapy versus IV fluid therapy?
What items should be monitored with patients that have IV catheters?
What are ways to socialize hospitalized patients?
What items are necessary when preparing for euthanasia?
What is the difference between an in-house test and a reference lab test?
What are some important pieces of lab equipment used in the veterinary facility and what do they do?
What are the components of performing a fecal sample?
What is the difference between whole blood, serum, and plasma?
What is the importance of the feathered edge in a blood slide?
What are the components performed in a urinalysis?
What are the ways to collect a urine sample from an animal?
What is the importance of the Gram stain?
What lab tests are performed using a refractometer?
What lab tests are performed using a hematocrit tube?
What are safety equipment items that are used in the radiology area?
What is the mA?
What is the kVp?
What is the difference between a V-D view and a D-V view?
What information is kept in an X-ray log?
What tool is used to measure a patient? What is the correct way to use this tool to measure the animal?
What is the significance of the technique chart?
What is the difference between manual and automatic developing?
What is an ultrasound?
What information must legally be placed on a film?
What is an endoscope?
What items should be checked at least three times for accuracy when dispensing medicines?
Complete the following pharmacy questions based on the information given:2 caps Cephalexin 500 mg BID × 14a. What does the prescription call for?b. How many items should be dispensed for this
Why is a pill counting tray used?
What items are recorded in a controlled substance log?
What is the difference between a pet piller and a balling gun?
What is an aural medicine?
What is a topical medicine?
What is the importance of storing items out of a direct light source?
What is the importance of asepsis?
What is the goal of an aseptic surgical area?
What items are recorded in an anesthesia log?
Why is pre-anesthetic medication given to patients?
What is intubation?
How does an assistant know when to extubate a patient?
What vital sign monitors are found in the surgical suite?
What items must be sterile when working in the surgical area?
What items are found in a surgical pack?
What are signs of pain in animals?
What factors should veterinary assistants know about the anesthesia machine?
Name some commonly used word-processing programs that may be used in a veterinary facility.
What veterinary tasks can be accomplished using a veterinary software program?
List the components of a computer that are considered hardware.
What type of appointments should you consult with the veterinarian before scheduling in the appointment book?
What types of policies regarding appointment scheduling should you be aware of when you work at a veterinary facility?
What should be done to the schedule to ensure no appointments are scheduled during lunch and when the office is closed?
Match the term to its definition.Appointment cardsa. Set time when an animal is expected at the veterinary facility for a later exam or surgeryb. An appointment that must be seen immediately and is a
What two systems are commonly used when fi ling medical records? Explain each system.
Why is it a standard practice to keep medical records at least 7 years after the patient’s last visit?
True or FalseThe subjective information in a veterinary medical record includes factual information, such as the animal’s respiratory rate and temperature.

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