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.  

• 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.