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You realize that your patient is being sent home with Rimadyl, an NSAIDs, but takes Prednisone, a corticosteroid daily, so you alert the doctor to this combination.   You did this because you know that giving these two drug classes together can cause this adverse side effect?

What purpose does the Murphy’s eye serve on an endotracheal tube?

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This instrument provides the technician with an inexpensive, simple, and reliable method of cardiac auscultation from a distance  when conventional auscultation is difficult?

This reflex is  used to tell if a large animal is anesthetized too deeply; it is not reliable in small animals.

Which breed is most commonly affected by   coagulation problems?

Your patient is  swallowing and has an elevated heart rate.   What is most likely the cause?

A patient is brought into the ER after being hit by a car.   The veterinarian states it is best to avoid the use of opioids in  patients that might  have __________________.

When reading an ECG machine, which lead  is most commonly used to evaluate heart rhythm?

The endotracheal tube may be sucessfully passed when the gag, laryngeal, and swallowing reflexes are depressed.  Which stage is this?