VETERINARY ASSISTANT UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Modes of administering medication/injections: - ✔✔Nasal, Oral, IM, IP, IV, Sub-Q
✔✔Intramuscular (IM): - ✔✔In the muscle
✔✔Intravenous (IV): - ✔✔In the vein
✔✔Intraperitoneal (IP): - ✔✔In the peritoneal area (abdomen)
✔✔Subcutaneous (Sub-Q): - ✔✔Under the skin
✔✔Nasal - ✔✔In the nose
✔✔Oral - ✔✔In the mouth
✔✔Common Venipuncture Sites: - ✔✔Cephalic: forearm
Jugular: neck
Femoral/Saphenous: inner thigh
✔✔Types of specimen collection: - ✔✔Urine, Fecal, Blood, Venous
✔✔Normal Capillary Refill Time: - ✔✔1-2 Seconds
✔✔Types of positioning: - ✔✔Lateral and Dorsal Recumbency
✔✔Pulse Oximetry: - ✔✔Tool that measures the oxygen levels in blood during surgery
✔✔Dressing Uses: - ✔✔Used to keep the wound or surgical site clean
✔✔Gestation of Canine (Dog): - ✔✔60-63 days
✔✔Gestation of Bovine (Cow): - ✔✔283 days
✔✔Gestation of Equine (Horse): - ✔✔11 months (330 days)
✔✔Gestation of Porcine (Pig): - ✔✔3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days (114 days)
✔✔Gestation of Feline (Cat): - ✔✔60-63 days
✔✔Gestation of rabbit: - ✔✔28-30 days
, ✔✔Catheterization sites: - ✔✔Cephalic, Jugular, and Urinary Catheter
✔✔Gestation: - ✔✔Length of pregnancy
✔✔Normal vital signs of a dog: - ✔✔Temperature: 101.5-102.5
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 70-120 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a cat: - ✔✔Temperature: 101.5-102
Respiration Rate: 20-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 110-130 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a horse: - ✔✔Temperature: 100
Respiration Rate: 8-16 BPM
Heart Rate: 30-60 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a bird: - ✔✔Temperature: 107
Respiration Rate: 15-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 200-400 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a pig: - ✔✔Temperature: 101.5
Respiration Rate: 8-20 BPM
Heart Rate:60-100 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a sheep: - ✔✔Temperature: 102-103
Respiration Rate: 12-20 BPM
Heart Rate: 60-90 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a goat: - ✔✔Temperature: 103
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 70-90 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a cow: - ✔✔Temperature: 101
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 60-70 BPM
✔✔Anatomical Abbreviations: - ✔✔AD: right ear
AS: left ear
AU: both ears
OD: right eye
OS: left eye
✔✔Diagnostic Abbreviations: - ✔✔SOB: shortness of breath
URI: upper respiratory infection
UTI: urinary tract infection
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Modes of administering medication/injections: - ✔✔Nasal, Oral, IM, IP, IV, Sub-Q
✔✔Intramuscular (IM): - ✔✔In the muscle
✔✔Intravenous (IV): - ✔✔In the vein
✔✔Intraperitoneal (IP): - ✔✔In the peritoneal area (abdomen)
✔✔Subcutaneous (Sub-Q): - ✔✔Under the skin
✔✔Nasal - ✔✔In the nose
✔✔Oral - ✔✔In the mouth
✔✔Common Venipuncture Sites: - ✔✔Cephalic: forearm
Jugular: neck
Femoral/Saphenous: inner thigh
✔✔Types of specimen collection: - ✔✔Urine, Fecal, Blood, Venous
✔✔Normal Capillary Refill Time: - ✔✔1-2 Seconds
✔✔Types of positioning: - ✔✔Lateral and Dorsal Recumbency
✔✔Pulse Oximetry: - ✔✔Tool that measures the oxygen levels in blood during surgery
✔✔Dressing Uses: - ✔✔Used to keep the wound or surgical site clean
✔✔Gestation of Canine (Dog): - ✔✔60-63 days
✔✔Gestation of Bovine (Cow): - ✔✔283 days
✔✔Gestation of Equine (Horse): - ✔✔11 months (330 days)
✔✔Gestation of Porcine (Pig): - ✔✔3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days (114 days)
✔✔Gestation of Feline (Cat): - ✔✔60-63 days
✔✔Gestation of rabbit: - ✔✔28-30 days
, ✔✔Catheterization sites: - ✔✔Cephalic, Jugular, and Urinary Catheter
✔✔Gestation: - ✔✔Length of pregnancy
✔✔Normal vital signs of a dog: - ✔✔Temperature: 101.5-102.5
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 70-120 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a cat: - ✔✔Temperature: 101.5-102
Respiration Rate: 20-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 110-130 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a horse: - ✔✔Temperature: 100
Respiration Rate: 8-16 BPM
Heart Rate: 30-60 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a bird: - ✔✔Temperature: 107
Respiration Rate: 15-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 200-400 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a pig: - ✔✔Temperature: 101.5
Respiration Rate: 8-20 BPM
Heart Rate:60-100 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a sheep: - ✔✔Temperature: 102-103
Respiration Rate: 12-20 BPM
Heart Rate: 60-90 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a goat: - ✔✔Temperature: 103
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 70-90 BPM
✔✔Normal vital signs of a cow: - ✔✔Temperature: 101
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 60-70 BPM
✔✔Anatomical Abbreviations: - ✔✔AD: right ear
AS: left ear
AU: both ears
OD: right eye
OS: left eye
✔✔Diagnostic Abbreviations: - ✔✔SOB: shortness of breath
URI: upper respiratory infection
UTI: urinary tract infection
