Pet instructor skill review
Course Content
- Introduction to your Pet First Aid Instructor refresher course
- Course introduction
- Dog First Aid and The Law
- The vet and your role in first aid
- The Role of the Dog First Aider
- When is Veterinary Care Required?
- Keeping your pet safe in an emergency
- Car Accidents
- Car Accidents - Injuries and Treatment
- Pet Proofing your home
- Please rescue my pets stickers
- Hand Hygiene
- Dog Microchipping
- Cat microchipping
- Precautions and Safety
- Pet Anatomy and Physiology
- First Aid Kits and Equipment
- Checking a Pets health
- Initial Assessment
- Checking Your Dog's Health and Finding Out What Is Normal
- Gum Colour
- Collecting a Urine Sample
- How Dogs Show Pain
- How Dogs Show Pain - Vets Comments
- Taking a Pulse
- Taking the Temperature
- Taking the Rectal Temperature
- Vital Signs
- Comprehensive Assessment and Checking Vital Signs Example
- Pet Accidents and First Aid
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - CPR
- Choking
- Bleeding Control
- Types of Bleeding
- Dressings, Bandages and Controlling Bleeding
- Catastrophic Bleeding
- Dogs and haemostatic dressings
- What is the ideal animal haemostatic agent
- Collaclot - Collagen pad to stop bleeding and promote clotting
- Dogs and Tourniquets
- Commercial Tourniquets for Dogs
- HaemoCap™ MultiSite - Dogs
- Shock
- Shock - vets comment
- Different Conditions you may see
- Breathing and Respiratory Problems
- Loss of Appetite
- Sneezing
- Lethargy
- Urination Problems
- Weakness in Animals
- Weakness and Collapse - additional vets comments
- Hair Loss and Skin Conditions
- Cataracts
- Dehydration in Dogs
- Clinical signs of dehydration in dogs and cats
- Hydration and rehydration in dogs
- Fluid balance in dogs and cats
- Oralade - treating dehydration
- Oralade for cats
- Oralade - The Science
- Injuries
- Suspected fractures
- Types of fractures on animals
- Dog Fractures Treatment
- Spinal injury and moving an injured dog
- Spinal Injuries
- Paw Problems
- Paws and Claws
- Nail and Claw Injuries
- Eye Injuries
- Eye Problems
- Ear Problems
- General Bandaging
- Bandaging the Ear
- Bandaging the Tail and Tail Injuries
- Bandaging the Body
- Fight Wounds
- Puncture Wounds
- Mouth and Dental Problems
- Animal bites and scratches on dogs
- Small Cuts, Scratches and Grazes
- Bandage aftercare
- Stings on animals
- Ibuprofen and pets
- Carbon Monoxide and dogs
- Poisoning
- Vet poison information line
- Inducing Vomiting in a Dog
- Inducing Vomiting - vets comments
- Snake Bites
- Dog Burns
- Chemical Burns
- Electrocution
- Electric Shocks
- Cruciate Ligament
- Falls From Height
- Illness
- Dogs and Illnesses
- Bloat and Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV)
- Why do dogs eat grass
- Why are Onions Toxic to Dogs
- Why is Chocolate Toxic to Dogs
- High Temperatures and Heatstroke
- Hyperthermia - Vets Comments
- Hypothermia Treatment
- Hypothermia - vets comments
- Vomiting in Animals
- Different Types and Causes of Vomiting
- Vomiting - vets comments
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Diabetes
- Allergies in Dogs
- Allergic reactions
- Pancreatitis
- Cushings Disease
- Nose and Respiratory Problems - Vet
- Breathing Difficulties
- Coughing and kennel cough
- Kennel Cough - vets comments
- Diarrhoea in Animals
- Stomach Conditions
- Possible Causes of Blood in Dog Faeces
- Rabies
- Alabama Foot Rot
- Blue Green Algae
- Hip Dysplasia
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Pyometra
- Vestibular Syndrome
- Parasites that affect pets
- Cats
- Different types and sizes of animals
- Summary and Your Practical Session
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Get StartedDog CPR Practical Demonstration
What we will now do a practical demonstration on delivering CPR to a dog. If we did it to a cat, it would be very similar, but in this example, we use the dog. So, the first thing we need to do is make sure the scene is safe when approaching just in case the dog is laying somewhere where there is traffic and you could potentially get injured or there are other dangers. So, check the scene, stop, think, act, make sure the whole area is safe. When you have done that approach the dog and the first thing we need to do, in this example here we have found a dog here and we suspect it not breathing. So, the first thing we need to do is a breathing check. So, the first thing you do is take your left hand, pop it under the head and your right hand across onto the stomach, and you look, listening and feeling for signs of breathing for up to 10 seconds. So actually, count out loud. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. So in this example, there is no breathing at all. So, the next thing to do is to hold the tip of the tongue, pull it to the side of the mouth, close the mouth around with one hand, and then deliver a breath until you see the chest rise. And once you have done that wait six seconds and then deliver another one, five cycles. In this example here, there are no signs of life. So, the next thing to do after those five cycles is to find if there is a pulse. So, taking the fingers, remember to keep the thumb away inside the back leg to see whether there is a pulse, 10 seconds, there is no pulse in this example. So now taking the line of the elbow, you can bring the hand around to the chest and push down 30 compressions about 100 to 120 per minute. We are pushing down about one third the depth of the chest, so it is quite a way we are pushing down and we carry that on for 30 compressions. Once you have done the 30 compressions, we will straight away move on to delivering two breaths. So, we will do compression 30, then breath, allow the chest to fall, breath again, and then straight back to the 30 compressions again. So, we carry this on, if we did hand over to a second rescuer then you can hand over quite easily by just talking through. So, you can hand over and the next person will do a breath and then carry on with compressions to make it a bit easier. Ideally, do that every two minutes. So once you have done this hopefully it will have the positive results but in any case, you can get someone else to call a vet, Try and see what you can do, but as we said on the earlier video, the chance of survival on this if it is something other than maybe something like drowning is fairly small, however, this could save your pets life.
Responding to an Emergency: Basic Life Support
1. Ensure Safety
Scene Assessment: Prioritize safety by making sure the area is secure.
2. Request Assistance
Seek Help: If possible, call for assistance immediately.
3. Check for Breathing
Breathing Assessment: Examine the casualty's breathing by observing, listening, and feeling for up to 10 seconds.
- No Breathing: If no breathing is detected, administer 5 rescue breaths.
4. Assess for a Pulse
Pulse Check: Evaluate for a pulse by checking for up to 10 seconds.
- No Pulse: If no pulse is found, initiate 30 chest compressions followed by two rescue breaths and repeat.
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