To ensure the safety of all participants skills will be practiced on manikins.
Pet First Aid combines
Dog First Aid and Cat First Aid into one class.
Pet First-Aid is a course designed to teach participants how to be prepared for emergencies that involve a dog or cat and how to protect themselves and the animal from further harm, injury, or suffering during emergencies by teaching prompt, effective first aid actions and care.
This First-Aid is immediate and temporary care given to an injured animal until it can be taken to a professional veterinarian for medical care.
Skills Include:
Needed First Aid kit items
Disaster planning for your dog
How to muzzle a dog
Identify normal heart and pulse rate, breathing rate and body temperature for dogs
How to safely approach an ill or injured dog
Determine if the dog is experiencing a life-threatening emergency by checking airway, breathing, circulation (ABC's)
Care for a dog having a breathing emergency
How to perform CPR on a dog
How to care for shock
Provide basic wound care and control bleeding
Provide care for a muscle, bone, or joint injury
Care for a dog involved in a car accident
Care for sudden illness
Care for cold- or heat-related emergency
Participants will receive a Dog First-Aid book, Cat First Aid Book, DVD demonstrating skills, and completion certificate.
A minimum of 4 participants must be registered in order for class to be held
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