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What is the purpose of debridement in wound care?
What is the purpose of debridement in wound care?
- To listen to sounds produced by the body
- To visualize the larynx
- To remove devitalized tissue from a wound (correct)
- To stop vomiting
What is the medical term for a heart rate that is abnormally slow?
What is the medical term for a heart rate that is abnormally slow?
- Bradycardia (correct)
- Phlebitis
- Dystocia
- Tachycardia
What is the purpose of lavage?
What is the purpose of lavage?
- To flush or rinse out (correct)
- To remove devitalized tissue from a wound
- To listen to sounds produced by the body
- To visualize the larynx
What is the medical term for inflammation of the blood vessels?
What is the medical term for inflammation of the blood vessels?
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What is the purpose of an antiemetic?
What is the purpose of an antiemetic?
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Study Notes
Sterile Lubricating Jelly
- Used to protect the wound and catch fur during shaving during initial wound care
Medical Terminology
- Auscultation: listening to sounds produced by the body
- Bradycardia: heart rate that is abnormally slow
- Analgesic: medication used to control pain
- Debridement: physical removal of devitalized tissue from a wound
- Hemostasis: to cause bleeding to stop
- Laryngoscope: equipment used to visualize the larynx
- Necropsy: examination of deceased patient to determine cause of death
- Biopsy: removal and examination of tissue
- Dystocia: difficulty giving birth
- Phlebitis: inflammation of blood vessels
- Antiemetic: medication to stop vomiting
- Pyometra: infected uterus
- Lavage: to flush or rinse out
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