Basic Examination of the Horse

[@janb.9046]

Vet tech student here. Very informative video for my midterm on Fri! Thank you!

[@a.m.arteaga8369]

I'm an aspiring veterinarian and watching these videos is so inspiring to me. Very educational video, thank you so much for sharing! I hope one day I can expound as much knowledge as you are in this video :-)

[@immespencer2085]

I think these videos are awesome for most horse owners. Good content! I have a suggestion for some of us owners that may help: I have a string and a thick clip (like the ones to hold a stack of paper together) attached to my thermometer. I insert it and clip it on the tail. Making sure it is truly attached to a good piece. Also, make sure your string is attached good, ;-) Then I leave it sitting like that until the time is up. I am still watching the horse but mine seem less bothered by the string than if I would stand there for minutes plus I would be afraid to loose it just slipping thru my fingers. So just a suggestion to avoid loosing it and making it easier. Hope it helps. Thanks to Tom Shell for keeping us informed.

[@thelastmedici4764]

Super well explained 🤗Thank you for your sharing

[@dr.soaadhammad5713]

Wonderful teaching I love it❤️thank you 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@cynthiastafford1755]

Thank you for making this video. It is very helpful and easy to understand. It will help me greatly in monitoring my horses health!

[@kyurem7357]

thank you for this informative video

[@barbarapowell8217]

Thank you. This was very helpful.

[@ladyazkaban8657]

good video doc, very clear explanation. it helps me a lot

[@beckahtattooing]

Awesome and informative video. Thanx Doc!

[@FLipaAz]

Hello! Thanks you so much for this video, it's been very useful! Could you please give me some references of the normal respiratory rate? Thanks

[@theshogunfreak7348]

8-16 breaths per minute. The most common I see is around 12.

[@jeannefrye2128]

Hey Dr Tom...what do mean by "lower grade nurse stethoscope?" Huh?

[@Chrisoula17]

Jeanne Frye, I picked up on that comment too.

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

I just made a comment about the same. Granted, we are not physicians or DVM's, but we need to be accurate when presenting issues to docs.

[@beibeichen9162]

Thank you sooooo much！

[@sukhdeepsingh6668]

Thankyou for this info.

[@nouvelleveterinary]

Good comment Imme! We actually did something similar this as vet students so we could multi-task. Worked well, but time changes one's habits. Good idea though!

[@tanyasimon6428]

very good video

[@halmain7406]

Good video

[@clgil77]

no gloves?

[@Qfldnrg]

Flushing sound right side every eleven seconds?

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

"Lower grade, nurse-quality stethoscopes." Newsflash, we RN's carry high quality steths, and we know know how to use them. We have to. It's our job.

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

Edit to add: we are not phsyicians, we are not DVM's, but we'd better know what the hell we are listening to, and as importantly, where to listen. "Nurse quality" stethoscopes...wtf.

[@manojauth]

​@@user-qr8ki8ue4i Hey! I know you are upset about that term. Am a DVM and I really appreciate your contribution to this noble profession and we use your expertise everyday in our clinics. But when someone say Nurse quality stethoscope, it may not be for hurting anyone's feeling; it just mean that the equipment qualify for use by a nurse for basic examination (to count heart beat and listen to lungs). It may not be good enough to identify a low grade heart murmur or a muffle. Because identifying these are not considered a nurse's job, even though there are many nurses/ techs who can identify and classify these.

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

@Manoj Augestin Thomas, I am an RN. For starters, Dr. Schell used the term "Nurse" which is a legally protected title. (MD's can't use the title "DVM" and vice versa, and neither can RN's claim to be Vet Techs or vice versa). Second, he stated "Nurse quality stethoscope." Yes, I am offended. As a nurse (legally protected title), *there is no such thing as a nurse quality stethoscope*. We simply must be able to listen and interpret, especially in an acute setting. Edit to add: your statement, "Because identifying these are not considered a nurse's job" shows your(and the general public's) ignorance of the nursing profession. Identifying complex heart/lung sounds is literally part of our mandatory charting every day. As RN's, we are responsible to report our findings. And by the way, the MD's and the nurses borrow each others' stethoscopes all the time. :)

[@kareenatirodkar8169]

I am so glad you said this! I am a DVM student myself but hell the majority of the skills and content I know is due to the teachings of the amazing vet nurses I have met along the way. I stopped listening to this video after he said that and scrolled to find if someone else had picked up on his ridiculous remark. "lower grade nurse quality" stfu

[@Chrisoula17]

He needs to wear gloves when taking the temperature.

[@JRH99]

Right after he had his sandwich. lol

[@عبداللهممتاز-م1ف]

Wonderful show, but wear gloves

[@JackMongolian]

عبدالله ممتاز what is the point to wear gloves in a physical exam?