HOSA Veterinary Science-Skills

Skill 1. Preparation of the Operative Site

1. Use alcohol based hand rub for hand hygiene

2. Verify patients identity, surgical skill being performed, & the surgical site

3. Checked progress notes to assure that patient was bathed and surgical site is clipped, scrubbed, and urine was expressed from bladder

4. Assembled materials for prep.

5. Positioned patient on back and secured legs with tape

6. Opened sterile packages: bowl and gauze using aseptic technique

7. Dropped four (4) gauze sponges into a sterile bowl and then poured germicide to cover sponges, using aseptic technique

8. Donned sterile gloves correctly

9. Handled gauze sponges with sterile sponge forceps or the gloved hand using aseptic technique

10. Sponge discarded after reaching the periphery

12. Repeated steps 9, 10 & 11 two more times

13. Blotted excess germicide solution with sterile gauze sponge(s)

14. Sprayed 10% Povidone Iodine solution on site

15. Removed gloves and used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

Skill 2. Lifting + Restraining a dog

1. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

2. Spoke to patient in calm, affectionate tone throughout skill

3. Lifted the small dog onto the table, holding the dog draped over a forearm with the other hand holding on to the head just below the

mandible

4. Lifted the small dog off the table and back to the floor, using correct body mechanics and lifting technique

5. Lifted the medium-sized dog onto the table, with one arm around the

neck and the other arm around the rear end

6. Held the medium-sized dog in a standing position by placing one arm around the dog's neck and the other around the abdomen, and hugging the dog close to the body

7. Verbalized the proper technique for lifting a large dog

* Judge states "Place the dog in a sitting position for a cephalic venipuncture."

8. Placed patient on the table near one end, facing the edge, in the sitting

position

9. Restrained the patient's head by reaching under the neck, placing the hand behind the jaw and pressing the patient's head against the

person's chest

10. Used other arm to reach around rear of the dog and pull dog close to the body

11. Moved arm that was holding the rear across the shoulders and

grasped the leg opposite his/her body

12. Held the leg by placing the elbow of the dog into the palm of that hand and pushing the leg forward

13. Placed thumb on top of the leg, squeezing and rotating laterally, to

occlude the vein.

* Judge will verbalize venipuncture and when blood is drawn

14. Released thumb after the blood was drawn

15. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

Skill 4. Simple Fecal Flotation

1. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

2. Applied non-latex exam gloves

3. Assembled equipment and supplies

4. Placed approximately 2 - 5 g of feces in a paper cup

5. Add 30 ml of flotation solution

6. Using the tongue depressor, mix the feces to produce an evenly suspended emulsion

7. Poured the suspension through a 10 cm (4"x4") gauze square into another cup

8. Filled the shell vial (or 15 ml conical centrifuge tube) with the filtered solution to form a convex dome (meniscus) at the rim

9. Placed a cover slip on top of the meniscus

10. Verbalized leaving the cover slip in place for 10 - 20 minutes

11. Picked the cover slip straight up and placed on a glass slide, fluid side down

12. Removed non-latex gloves and used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

Skill 6. Apply/Remove Gauze Restraint Muzzle

1. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

2. Assembled supplies

3. Spoke to dog in calm, affectionate tone throughout skill

4. Used an 18" or longer piece of gauze and placed a knot in the middle of the material to serve as an anchor

5. Made a loop large enough to drop over the dog's nose

6. Kept enough distance from the dog's mouth to avoid being bitten, and slipped the loop over the dog's nose from above and behind his head

7. Tightened the loop down on top of the nose, but not so tight it obstructed the dog's breathing

8. Pulled an end of the gauze down each side of the face, crisscrossed it under the chin, and brought the ends back behind the ears

9. Tied the loose ends in a bow behind the ears

10. Kept hand scissors close by in case the muzzle must be quickly cut off

11. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene.

Skill 7. Restraining a Cat for Jugular Venipuncture

1. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene

2. Gather equipment needed for skill

3. After escorting to exam room make sure all routes of escape are closed

4. Open the door to the carrier as soon as you enter the room. If the cat is friendly follow steps 5-7 and skip 8-9. If cat resists coming out of carrier skip to steps 8-9

5. If friendly, reach in and gently grasp the scruff of the cat's neck

6. Pull forward until you can place your hand around the midsection

7. Explain to owner that scruff of neck does not hurt cat and is how the mother carried them

8. If cat resists, elevate the rear of carrier for cat to slide out

9. Do not lift high enough for cat to fall from carrier. When out of carrier if calms, place hand in midsection and scruff of neck with explanation to owner that it does not hurt cat and is how mother carried them

10. Place towel flat on table

11. Place cat one third of the way from the one end of the towel

12. Take the short end of the towel or the end closest to the cat and wrap it snuggly against the body of the cat

13. Once in place quickly wrap the long end around and around the body of the cat

14. Roll cat on back

15. Extend head for a jugular venipuncture

*Judge will verbalize that venipuncture has been performed and skill is complete

16. Release cat by unwrapping restraint

17. Used alcohol-based hand-rub for hand hygiene