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Dogs hate them, and the bed usually ends up bundled in a corner after the dog has had a total hissy fit getting into the kennel due to it beiong slippery.
Use rubber car mats to stop the beds slipping, the dogs walk in no problems and no stress, and they are easily washed too.
Use betadine to clean the blood stained coat rather than hibi, it gets it out in seconds! no need for scrubbing either.
Good old fashioned washing up liquid is a very effective way to wash instruments. Very good at getting rid of the fat & grease from those fryable pyometra op's plus many others! And its a lot cheaper than chlorohexidine (hibiscrub)
Threading your suture needles through a piece of suture material and tying a knot in the top is a successful way to sterilise them with your surgical packs - no more jagged fingers with needles inside swabs!
In an emergency situation, either post extubation or a patient coming in with respiratory distress and are unable to intubate the patient.
Grab a 10F Dog Urinary Catheter and a 3.5mm ET tube blue connector. The connector fits perfectly in the end of the catheter.
The catheter can then be introduced into the patients trachea. A breathing system can then be attached to the blue connector and oxygen can be supplied to your patient!
When clipping a dog with short hair, that takes ages to get rid of all the little hairs that seem to stick like glue and no matter how much you clean they still seem to be there. Use a lint roller on the area before scrubbing it gets rid of almost all the hair!
If the cuff no longer works on your ET tube - cut if off! I know that sounds drastic but it will stop other staff members from trying to inflate it!
I find often that the stoppers on the cuff come undone, so after you have inflated it - use the cover of a needle to place over and that ensure it stays done!
I know what it's like in practice, trying to find the scissors, thermometer, nail clippers, stitch removers etc all those little bits and pieces we use everyday, well, after a discussion here on the forum, some good tips were mentioned - Sal the 1st said about using a bumbag - one of those your wear around your waist. Thats a fab idea! I hope Sal doesnt feel I stole her idea lol but it's too good to keep to ourselves!
Bunnies aren't always the easiest creatures to intubate, so when the tube is in place you want it to stay there!
Using WOW bandage or string to tie the tubes in often slips and the tube doesn't remain secure.
Using a thin strip of Micropore/Duropore or similar to tie around the tube and then wrap around the back of the ears keeps the tube secure and easy to untie when you want to extubate.