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| A glass or metal tray that holds instruments while they are soaking in a cold sterilization solution. |
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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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| Are used to view the internal structures of the ear canal and eardrum |
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| Army navy, Senn, malleable |
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| Non-perforating clamp used to secure instruments, tubing, and towels to the drape. The teeth on the tips are blunt so they grip tightly but do not appears the drape. Should never be used on skin |
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Poole suction: abdominal cavity
Frazier: orthopedic and neurological surgery
yankauer: General purpose |
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| Brown adson thumb forceps |
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| To provide a delicate and secure hold. Two columns of fine, interlocking teeth |
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| To secure the drapes to a patient’s skin by means of a small puncture. Sharply pointed tips curve around and touch each other. |
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| Used to control only the head of cattle. |
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| Used to determine the body temperature of an animal. |
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| Used to shave the animals hair |
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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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| clear, aquarium like boxes used to induce general anesthesia. used in Farrell, vicious, or intractable animals to reduce stress |
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| coon shaped devices used to administer oxygen and anesthetic gases to non-intubated patients. They are plastic or rubber |
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| cutting instruments. reusable handles. disposable blades in various sizes and shapes. there are laser scalpels and electroscalpels. |
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| disposable and Canby re-sterilized. These can be used to close incisions with minimal tention or to secure tubes |
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| do you determine blood pressure |
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| do you hold the mouth open during dental examinations in treatment. Used on horses |
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| do you hold with maximal power, but causing tissue trauma in the process. This forcep has a box lock and jaws with Small Teeth that are arranged so that the teeth are perpendicular to the pull |
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| flexible tube placed in the trachea. Delivers anesthetic gases directly from the anesthetic machine to the lungs. They open the patient’s airway. |
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| gloves contained in a sterile package |
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| have rounded tips and are used for holding hollow viscera. |
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| help to maintain a sterile field. Draping is performed by a gowned and gloved surgical assistant or team member |
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| light weight non-crushing clamp. Long jaws and shanks, curved or straight. |
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| machine to cut and simultaneously limit bleeding. passes a high frequency electrical current through patient to ground plate |
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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 gut, silk, cotton, synthetic plastic, wire. |
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| surgical had a tire should be a bouffant cap or a hooded cap |
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| tape used to seal materials and equipment that is to be autoclaved. The tape is activated during the process of sterilization and the writing then becomes visible |
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| Metzenbaum dissecting scissors |
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| to blunt dissection or cut soft tissues. Most commonly is 7 inches. These scissors should never be used to cut suture material or bandaging material. |
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| to clamp blood vessels or to control large tissue bundles. The jaws of these for forceps have crosswise grooves that provide good crushing action |
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| Rochester Ochsner forceps |
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| to clamp blood vessels or to grasp tissue. The jaws have crosswise grooves that provide good crushing action. The teeth on the tips prevent slippage of large tissue bundles |
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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 includes the vessel and prevents the blood from flowing. The other hemostats are not used because they’re transverse grooves can allow blood to continue Chloe |
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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. has crosswise grooves on the entire jaw |
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| to count out a number of pills without touching them with the bare hand |
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| wire suture cutting scissors |
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| to cut stainless steel wire, commonly used in orthopedic surgery. small compact blades |
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| to deliver cleansing solutions to the ear canal or to flush wound. |
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| to drive suture needles through tissue that require suturing into assist in tying suture . Short jaws have groves that are crosshatched on the surface |
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| Olson Hegar needle holder |
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| to drive suture needles through tissue that requires suturing into assist in tying sutures. Scissor blades are set behind the jaws. |
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| to grasp delicate tissue, such as intestines or uterus, without crushing or traumatizing it. |
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| to hold open the mouth of a small animal |
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| disposable hypodermic ( injection) needles |
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| to inject parenteral medications. stainless steel shaft and a plastic or aluminum hub |
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| to maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic surgery. Sharp or blunt curved prongs are held open by a ratchet just above the handle |
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| to maintain wound exposure during orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery. Sharp current pints are arranged on a gently curved shaft. |
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| to make permanent identifying marks in the ears of pigs, goats and sheep |
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| to occlude small to medium sized vessels. Only has grooves on the top half of the jaws |
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| to prevent animals from biting the handler |
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| to reach deep into an animal‘s body to retrieve a foreign object. This instrument has a long narrow shaft that ends in tiny grasping jaws |
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| to remove bandages and other dressings. One blade ends in a blunt trying that is designed to push the skin out of the way as the tine is slipped under the bandage material |
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| to remove small pieces of the bone. used in conjunction with the bone mallet |
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| to retrieve the uterine horn from with in a small animal |
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| to stop bleeding from a blood vessel. |
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| to trim the frog and soul of an animal foot |
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| used to capture and hold a hogs snout for venipuncture, injections, or other procedures |
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| littauer tower suture removal scissors |
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| used to cut and remove sutures postoperatively. Blunt tips with one blade terminating into a pin curved hook |
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| used to deliver room air or oxygen from a tank to a patient in respiratory distress. usually used when an endotracheal tube is in please |
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| used to deliver solid medication two large animals orally |
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| used to deliver tablet or capsule medication to small animals orally |
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| used to distract a horses attention from minor procedures by inflicting mild pain |
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| used to grasp skin and other dense tissues to place sutures. They can cause extensive damage to delicate issues. The tines have large teeth |
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| used to hold open abdominal incisions. Blade increases of you and can retract tissue. Has a rod with two attached loops on either side and a central retractor blade |
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| used to listen to heart, long, and digestive organs sounds |
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| used to measure the refractive index of a sample. |
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| used to occlude a blood vessels so a venipuncture can be preformed. It can also be used as a temporary muzzle |
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| used to occlude vessels such as small uterine horns or small to medium size blood vessels. 6 1/2 or 7 1/2 inches long and has crossed wire grooves on the entire jaw |
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| used to perform blunt dissection and to cut through bulky connective tissues. Also can be used to cut surgical draping/Suture. blades may be straight or curved, smooth or serrated |
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| used to preform a castration in a large animal. |
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| used to provide a means of controlling the head while performing various procedures on a horse |
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| used to remove any liquids that are not needed through the use of suction, the aspirated and materials are held in a container |
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| Frazier and tuffier rib spreaders |
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| used to retract the thoracic cavity and hold ribs open. Frazier has a curved, blunt prongs. tuffier has a square scoop. |
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| used to retrieve a sample of feces from the rectum |
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| used to secure a cow or bull in place while maintaining access to its head, feet, and rear |
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| used to set up a fecal test for the presence of parasites |
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| used to shape hooves to their normal size in cattle and horses |
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| used to smooth teeth that have rough edges or are overgrown |
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| used to smooth the rough edges of the hoof wall after trimming |
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| used to stay fully restrained title for exam, injections, or other procedures. |
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| used to temporarily restrain cattle by putting pressure on sensitive naval septum |
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| used to trim the toenails of a small animal |
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| used to view the external and internal structures of the eyeball |
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