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| To deliver room air or O2 from a tank to a patient in respiratory distress |
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| To run the clipper blades that shave the hair from an animal’s skin |
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| To deliver cleansing solutions to the ear canal or to flush wounds |
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| To determine the body temperature of an animal |
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| To prevent an animal from biting the handler |
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| These gloves are always contained in a sterile package |
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| Disposable injection needles |
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| To inject parentheral medication |
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| To collect a fecal sample |
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| To set up a fecal test for the presence of parasites |
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| To hold open the mouth of a small animal |
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| To trim the toenails of small animals |
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| To view the external and internal structures of the eyeball |
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| To view the internal structures of the ear canal and eardrum |
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| To deliver tablet or capsule medication to small animals orally |
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| To count out a number of pills without touching them with the bare hand |
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| To stop bleeding from a blood vessel |
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| To determine blood pressure |
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| A lift table used to raise the patient from the floor to a comfortable level in which the examination can take place |
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| To auscult (listen to) heart, lung, and digestive organs sounds |
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| To occlude a blood vessel so a venipuncture can be preformed. It can also be used as a temporary muzzle |
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| This tape is used to seal materials and equipment that is to be autoclaved. The tape can be written on with a specialized pen. This tape is activated during the process of sterilization and the writing then becomes visible, so that the contents of the package is known without being opened. |
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| To smooth teeth that have rough edges or are overgrown |
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| To hold the mouth open during dental examinations and treatments |
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| To deliver solid medication to large animals orally |
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| To temporary restrain cattle by putting pressure on the nose |
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| To distract a horse's attention from minor procedures by inflicting mild pain |
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| To smooth the rough edges of the hoof wall after trimming |
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| To shape hooves to their normal sizes in cattle and horses |
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| To control and restrain hogs of venipuncture or other procedures |
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| To trim the frog and sole of an animal foot |
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| Head chute (squeeze chute) |
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| To safely control the head of cattle |
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| To provide means of controlling the head while performing various procedures |
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| To perform castration in large animals |
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| To make permanent identifying marks in the ears of pigs,goat, & sheep |
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| Frazier and tub rid spreaders |
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| To hold open abdominal incision blade, increases view and can retract tissue |
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| To secure instruments tubing and towels to the drape |
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| To secure drapes to a patient skin |
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| Delivers anesthetic gases directly from the anesthetic machine to the lungs |
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| Measure the refractive index of a sample |
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| Long, sterile tube that is connected to suction source |
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| To capture and hold a hog for venipuncture, injections, or other procedures |
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| To distract a horse’s attention from minor procedures by inflicting mild pain |
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| Chain goes around upper lip and twisted, lip can go numb with prolonged use, should release and reapply |
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| Surgical gowns should be considered sterile only on the front side above the waist to the shoulder and down the arms |
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| Surgical head attire should be a bouffant cap or a hooded cap.–No hair should be exposed–Hooded caps cover both the head and neck and are useful for those with facial hair |
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| to remove any liquids that are not needed through the use of suction. All aspirated materials are held in one container |
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| Use depends on tissue characteristics, wound topography |
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| Suture: any strand of material used to approximate tissues or ligate blood vessel |
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| To hold instruments for cold sterilization |
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| Drapes maintain a sterile field. Draping is preformed by a gowned and gloved surgical assistant or team member |
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| Clear, aquarium-like boxes used to induce general anesthesia •Used in feral, vicious, or intractable animals to reduce stres |
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| To maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic surgery |
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| To maintain wound exposure during orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery |
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| To retrieve the uterine horn from within a small animal. This instruments allows the surgeon to make an incision smaller than one that is big enough for a finger to fit into |
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| Russian tissue forceps have rounded tips and are used for holding hollow viscera |
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| Hemostasis with maximum tissue trauma–Designed for tissue that will be removed |
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| To clamp blood vessels or to control large tissue bundles. |
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| Rochester Oschner forceps |
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| To clamp blood vessels or to grasp tissue |
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| Rochester carmalt forceps |
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| To clamp large tissue bundles that contain blood vessels. When the instrument is placed perpendicular to the blood vessel, it occludes the vessel and prevents the blood form flowing. The other hemostats are not used because their transverse grooves can allow blood to continue flowing. |
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| grasp delicate tissue, such as intestines or uterus, without crushing or traumatizing it |
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| Brown adson thumb forceps |
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| Provide a delicate and secure hold |
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| To grasp skin and other dense tissues so as to place sutures. Forceps of this description can cause extensive damage to delicate tissues |
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| Halsted Mosquito Hermostatic Forceps |
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| To clamp small vessels that must be occluded, crushed, or held firmly in place |
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| To occlude small to medium-sized vessels |
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| occlude vessels such as small uterine horns or small to medium-sized blood vessels |
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| Littauer Suture Removal Scissors |
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| Used to cut and remove sutures postoperatively. |
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| To drive suture needles through tissue that require suturing and to assist in tying sutures |
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| Olsen hegar needle holder |
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| drive suture needles through tissue that requires suturing and to assist in tying sutures |
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| Metzenbaum Dissecting Scissors |
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| To blunt-dissect or cut soft tissues |
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| To perform blunt dissection and to cut through bulky connective tissues |
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| To remove bandages and other dressings |
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| To hold with maximal power, but causing tissue trama in the process |
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| To reach deep into an animal's body to retrieve a foreign object. |
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| To secure the drapes to a patient’s skin by means of a small puncture |
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| To remove bandages and other dressings |
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| To hold with maximal power, but causing tissue trama in the process |
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| To reach deep into an animal's body to retrieve a foreign object. |
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| To secure the drapes to a patient’s skin by means of a small puncture |
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