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American Red Cross
Pet CPR/First Aid Course
Watch for our next Pet CPR/First Aid
DATE TO BE ANNOUCED!!!!!!
Goals of the Dog First Aid Course:
- How to be prepared for emergencies that involve a dog
- How to protect yourself and you dog from further harm, injury or suffering during emergencies by teaching prompt, effective first aid actions and care
Course Objective Highlights:
- Understand the importance of knowing the normal physical condition, behaviors and habits of your dog
- Learn normal heart and pulse rate, breathing rate and body temperature of dogs
- How to safely approach an ill or injured dog
- How to safely muzzle a dog
- How to check a dog that appears to be having a first aid emergency
- How to check an unconscious dog for breathing and cardiac emergencies
- How to give rescue breathing and perform CPR on a dog
- How to care for a dog that is choking
- How to provide basic wound care and control bleeding
- How to care for a dog with a suspected fracture, sprain, stain, back or neck injury
- How to care for a dog involved in an auto accident or that has been poisoned
AND MUCH MORE.............................
This is a 4 hour course that will consist of classroom type instruction by our American Red Cross Certified Instructors, demonstrations, DVD viewing and actual hands-on student participation. Each participant will receive literature and the American Red Cross Dog First Aid Book with DVD to be kept as a reference during and after the presentation, to refresh and expand knowledge or as a reference for use in an emergency.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
First aid for dogs is the immediate and temporary care given to an injured dog until it can be taken to a professional veterinarian for medical care and attention and SHOULD NOT be confused with "pet care". Many excellent books are on the market that give the pet owner advice on how to choose, feed and otherwise take good day-to-day care of a dog.
