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Study Guide- Technical Procedures, Part A

  1. What factors determine selection of route for administration of a drug?

  2. What is the difference between “enteral” and “parenteral” routes of administration?

  3. If you need to give a large volume of drug, which injection route(s) should be used?

  4. If you need to give an irritating substance, which injection route(s) should be used?

  5. Which two routes of injection have the most rapid rate of absorption?  which route of injection  has the slowest rate of absorption?

  6. What are the legal requirements for anesthesia & analgesia for lab animals?

  7. Differentiate between an anesthetic, an analgesic and a tranquilizer.

  8. In general, where are drugs processed & detoxified?

  9. In general, by what route are drugs excreted from the body?

  10. What are three reflex responses used to evaluate the depth of anesthesia?

  11. List 5 ways that you could identify pain in an animal.

  12. What do we mean when we talk about a “survival” surgery?

  13. What are the AWA standards (from what year???) for survival surgery?

  14. What should you do for an animal before you induce anesthesia for surgery?

  15. What must you do to maintain homeostasis in an animal in surgery?

  16. What are the three reasons to perform diagnostic testing on an animal?

  17. List 5 different diagnostic tests and tell what they are used to detect.       

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08/13/03