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Course Description
Are you prepared for a pet emergency?
Good First Aid knowledge can help save your pet’s life, reduce the potential for increased injury, and promote fast recovery. First Aid is not a replacement for going to your vet , but handling emergency situations properly right at the beginning can save you money by recognizing problems early and acting on them quickly.
Pet First Aid courses are designed to build an owners confidence to respond to an illness or injury situation, administer the appropriate care, or stabilize and transport a pet to the veterinarian. This course will include preventative care to avoid illness and injury, how to use common household items to restrain and transport an injured animal, and the following:
- Pet proofing your home
- Shock, unconsciousness, vomiting, dehydration, and diarrhea
- Animal fights and bites
- Internal and external bleeding
- Wounds and infections
- Poisons
- Artificial respiration and airway obstruction
- Abdominal thrusts for choking
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Administering medications
- Parasites, insect bites and stings
- Eye, ear, and nose injuries
- Injuries from heat and cold
- Spinal, bone, and joint injuries
- Porcupine quills
- Skunk sprays
- Seizures
- Delivering puppies or kittens