Three Paws Down And They Are Out The Door

1. Fast track population management at PAWS Chicago involves:

Intake to the Rescue & Recovery Medical Center after 24 hours.

Intake to the Adoption Center after 72 hours.

Intake to the Rescue & Recovery Medical Center after 24 hours, then the Adoption Center after another 48 hours.

Intake to the Adoption Center by the next day to 48 hours.

Intake to the Adoption Center after 7 days.

2. Forty two percent of PAWS Chicago's new intakes require additional medical care.

True

False

3. What are some of the ways to successfully "Treat the Treatables?"

Understanding your capacity and maximizing your resources

Following processes consistently and leveraging the skills of your team

Standardizing medical protocols and processes

Fostering (and lots of it)

All of the above

4. When dealing with disease in a shelter or foster environment, it is important to be proactive and treat the population based on the disease you are seeing (i.e., ringworm, panleukopenia, upper respiratory infection).

True

False

5. Lifesaving efforts can be increased by:

Being able to take in an abundance of kittens, by having an abundance of fosters.

Taking in transfers from alternative locations and managing your medical protocols to sustain a healthy population.

Developing a plan when crisis hits that is flexible and takes into account your resources and capabilities.

Successfully managing a shelter medicine team when there is change in your population or your resources.

All of the above.

6. PAWS Chicago was able to increase the number of kittens saved by:

Taking in more kittens than their resources could address.

Establishing an extensive foster network.

Keeping the kittens in the shelter for weeks at a time.

Starting medical protocols after the kittens had reached a weight of 2 pounds.

A, C and D

7. When dealing with a crisis care situation, like an outbreak of parvovirus, a well thought out plan takes too much time and is not necessary.

True

False

8. When transferring animals from other rescue organizations:

Understand the source of the animals.

Be conservative and start with just a few transfers.

Utilize experienced fosters for the new source.

Develop a strategy with the other rescue organization.

All of the above.

9. The foundation to maximizing a shelter's medical resources and success is:

Having as many veterinarians as the budget will allow.

Having the best and most current medical equipment.

Having standardized communications, protocols and processes.

Assigning veterinary personnel to specific areas of responsibility; there is no need for cross-training.

Hiring veterinary personnel with the most experience.

10. Education is a key component to "Treating the Treatables."

True

False

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