Brian Mackie replied to Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd's discussion 'Basic Small Animal Life Support - Do you know how to do pooch CPR?'

Basic Small Animal Life Support - Could you save a pooch?

My background as a paramedic never included training on how to deal with small animals that were found in a structure fire unconscious and not breathing. Using the FFN and it's international membership, my hopes here are to identify and post guidelines for providing basic life support for small animals. I would appreciate any additional information and case studies to both educate others and identify an obvious missing component for firefighter EMS training.?

Are dogs people? No, but don't try arguing the point with a dog owner... Attempts on our part to do more than expected is always very much appreciated. If you live in Minnesota, then your fire department already has been trained in Basic Animal Rescue Training. Through this post, I hope to identify and post lesson plans and course outlines to enable other firefighters to start similar programs for their communities. It all starts here...?

Basic Small Animal Life Support

If the pet is unconscious and not breathing:

My pet does not have a heart beat or pulse!

• Initiate?external cardiac compressions
• Place?the pet on his side
• Place?both hands on the highest point of the chest wall (for animals over 30 pounds) or on either side of the?
  middle of the chest (for small animals under 30 pounds).
• Begin?firm, rapid inward compressions at a rate of 80-100 compressions per minute
• Give?1-5 compressions before stopping to give 2 breaths if alone and repeat cycle
• Give?continuous chest compressions while someone breaths if 2 people
• Discontinue?chest compressions if the animal starts breathing or the heart starts beating.
• The pet should be immediately transported to the nearest veterinary facility.

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In the interest of fire, life, environmental and pooch safety,

CBz

Tags: BART, CPR, EMS, dogs, mouth-to-nose, small-animal

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