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Year 1 Clinical Skills

Objectives:

1. Student should be able to demonstrate proper lifting and handling of an animalonto a table.

2. Student should be able to demonstrate proper restraint of an animal in sternal and

lateral recumbency.

3. Restraint of an animal for blood collection from the cephalic vein.4. Student should be able to apply a mule to a dog !commercial mule and hand"

tied# alternative mule$.

%. Student should be able to conduct a basic physical e&am for both dog and cat.a. 'alpable lymph nodes: Submandibular lymph node

'rescapular (ymph nodes

'opliteal (ymph nodesb. )emperature !canine and feline$: Student should be able to read a non"

digital # mercury thermometer.

c. 'ulse !canine and feline$: *emoral 'ulse

d. +ardiovascular: 'lacement of a stethoscope to auscultate the heart.e. Respiratory: 'lacement of the stethoscope to evaluate lung sounds.

f. ,ucous membranes: -ingival conjunctival prepucial and vulval.

+R) !capillary refill time$ 1.%"2 secondsg. /bdominal palpation: Structures that can be palpated: intestines urinary

bladder spleen and liver and 0idneys.

+anine *eline

Temperature 3.%"3.2 o+

.%"12.% o*

3."3.%o+

1"12.%o*

Pulse (beats per minute) "12 1"14

Respiration (breaths per

minute)

1%"3 2"3

'lease refer to handout entitled 5Restraint of /nimals6

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