VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
VT142 ANESTHESIA & PAIN
MANAGEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
When a patient is recovering from anesthesia and exhibits signs of excitement, possibly
with exaggerated and uncontrolled movements, this is termed:
Post-anesthetic shock
Pain
Allergic reaction to anesthetics
Emergence delirium - Emergence delirium
Blood pressure cuff placement is common in all the following areas except the:
Tail
Forelimb
Hind limb
Foot - Foot
Pulse oximetry allows accurate estimation of:
Percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen
Arterial blood pressure
Pulse pressure
Blood gas values - Percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
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What type of analgesic is best suited for moderate to severe pain?
NSAID
Opioid
Ketamine
Alpha-2 adrenergic - Opioid
An esophageal stethoscope can be used to monitor:
Direct blood pressure
Oxygen saturation
Heart and respiratory rates
Carbon dioxide levels - Heart and respiratory rates
What is the best technique to secure an endotracheal tube to an animal?
It is best not to secure the tube to the animal so that it can move freely if the animal starts
to wake up
It should be secured by gauze strips around the head in cats and brachycephalic dogs and
caudal to the upper canines in other breeds of dogs
It can be secured by several wraps of cloth and tape around the animal's nose and the tube
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
,VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
A rubber band can be looped tightly around the tube and the animal's nose - It should be
secured by gauze strips around the head in cats and brachycephalic dogs and caudal to the
upper canines in other breeds of dogs
After discontinuing the inhalant at the end of a procedure, how many minutes of oxygen
should be administered to the patient?
3 minutes
5 minutes
7 minutes
10 minutes - 5 minutes
An ETCO2 level of 65 would commonly be caused by:
Hyperventilation
Detachment of the endotracheal tube from the connector
Decreased tidal volume
Hypothermia - Decreased tidal volume
Which of the following is not normally present in stage IV of general anesthesia?
Cool extremities
Weak pulse
Constricted pupils
Bradycardia - Constricted pupils
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
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Which of the following statements about ketamine is true?
Ketamine has no analgesic effects.
Low dose Ketamine prevents NMDA receptor "wind-up".
Ketamine is the drug of choice for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Ketamine is not a controlled substance. - Low dose Ketamine prevents NMDA receptor
"wind-up".
Which of the following is not an advantage of using an endotracheal tube?
Prevents atelectasis of lung alveoli
Encourages proper examination of the animal's mouth, pharynx and larynx
Provides a means for treating respiratory and cardiac arrest
Increases the chance for airway obstruction - Increases the chance for airway obstruction
Propofol is a/an:
Xylazine antagonist
Ultrashort-acting barbiturate
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
VT142 ANESTHESIA & PAIN
MANAGEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
When a patient is recovering from anesthesia and exhibits signs of excitement, possibly
with exaggerated and uncontrolled movements, this is termed:
Post-anesthetic shock
Pain
Allergic reaction to anesthetics
Emergence delirium - Emergence delirium
Blood pressure cuff placement is common in all the following areas except the:
Tail
Forelimb
Hind limb
Foot - Foot
Pulse oximetry allows accurate estimation of:
Percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen
Arterial blood pressure
Pulse pressure
Blood gas values - Percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
,VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
What type of analgesic is best suited for moderate to severe pain?
NSAID
Opioid
Ketamine
Alpha-2 adrenergic - Opioid
An esophageal stethoscope can be used to monitor:
Direct blood pressure
Oxygen saturation
Heart and respiratory rates
Carbon dioxide levels - Heart and respiratory rates
What is the best technique to secure an endotracheal tube to an animal?
It is best not to secure the tube to the animal so that it can move freely if the animal starts
to wake up
It should be secured by gauze strips around the head in cats and brachycephalic dogs and
caudal to the upper canines in other breeds of dogs
It can be secured by several wraps of cloth and tape around the animal's nose and the tube
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
,VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
A rubber band can be looped tightly around the tube and the animal's nose - It should be
secured by gauze strips around the head in cats and brachycephalic dogs and caudal to the
upper canines in other breeds of dogs
After discontinuing the inhalant at the end of a procedure, how many minutes of oxygen
should be administered to the patient?
3 minutes
5 minutes
7 minutes
10 minutes - 5 minutes
An ETCO2 level of 65 would commonly be caused by:
Hyperventilation
Detachment of the endotracheal tube from the connector
Decreased tidal volume
Hypothermia - Decreased tidal volume
Which of the following is not normally present in stage IV of general anesthesia?
Cool extremities
Weak pulse
Constricted pupils
Bradycardia - Constricted pupils
VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
, VT142 Anesthesia & Pain Management
Which of the following statements about ketamine is true?
Ketamine has no analgesic effects.
Low dose Ketamine prevents NMDA receptor "wind-up".
Ketamine is the drug of choice for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Ketamine is not a controlled substance. - Low dose Ketamine prevents NMDA receptor
"wind-up".
Which of the following is not an advantage of using an endotracheal tube?
Prevents atelectasis of lung alveoli
Encourages proper examination of the animal's mouth, pharynx and larynx
Provides a means for treating respiratory and cardiac arrest
Increases the chance for airway obstruction - Increases the chance for airway obstruction
Propofol is a/an:
Xylazine antagonist
Ultrashort-acting barbiturate
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