|
Author: Connie Limon Article source: http://www.stainglassshihtzu.citymax.com/. Used with author's permission.
Goals of first aid are: Keep your safety in mind at all times. Attend to any severe bleeding that is present. Administer CPR if needed. Immobilize injuries and/or pet for transport. Take your pet to the vet as soon as possible. Delay in seeking professional help often increase costs and decreases treatment success.
When you do encounter an emergency situation, do not panic! Look around your surroundings to be sure there are no moving vehicles, broken glass, chemical spills, fire and electrical hazards. Approach the injured or ill pet slowly and with caution. Use a calm reassuring voice. You might need to apply a muzzle. Injured or ill animals might bite out of pain or fear. If this occurs, don't take it personally and don't feel like your animal is now vicious or worthless and needs to be gotten rid of. Be understanding that the animal is under extreme stress and hardly knows what to do himself.
Never use a muzzle on an animal that is vomiting, choking, convulsing or having breathing difficulties. If you cannot muzzle, use heavy-duty gloves or drape a blanket or thick towel over the animal's head prior to handling.
Determine whether a life-threatening situation exists and give appropriate first aid. Look for unconsciousness, shock, hemorrhage, look for breathing difficulties. Trauma (like hit by a car), poisoning, and air leakage from chest are all life-threatening. Transport the animal to the vet or emergency vet hospital. Transport securely - use a travel kennel most preferably. If a travel kennel is not available, place the animal in a box.
If head or spinal injury is suspected, use a board, plywood, window screen or any flat, firm surface to transport. If this type of flat support is not available, transport the pet in a large towel or small blanket. You might call the vet clinic in advance of your arrival giving them the circumstances of the accident, or illness.
Planning for an emergency:
Decide what you need to do ahead of time and rehearse. Have important telephone numbers such as your local vet and two of the closest 24-hour veterinary emergency clinics in a place you can find easily in a sudden emergency. The Poison Control Center number should be easily found: (800) 548-2423.
Items for your pet first aid kit:
Muzzle
Leash, Welder's gloves
Stretch bandage
Roll gauze
Solar blanket
Bandage tape
Sterile nonstick wound pads
Clean hand towel
Cotton balls and/or swabs
Chlorhexidine wash (0.5%)
Saline solution
Sterile eye ointment
Lubricating jelly
Clotting powder
Kydrogen peroxide
Kaolin-pectin
Activated charcoal
Triple antibiotic ointment
Splint
Forceps and/or tweezers
Scissors
Bulb syringe
Plastic digital thermometer
Reusable cold pack
12-milliliter syringe
Disposable gloves
Feeding Tubes
Home remedies Connie Limon publishes a FREE weekly newsletter. A professional newsletter with a focus upon health and wellness for you and your pets. Discounts on shih tzu puppies are offered to subscribers. Weekly updates of available puppies. Sign up at: http://www.stainglassshihtzus.com
Business Partners & Marital Partners Will The Marriage Survive - Part II
In the last article, we concluded by saying that keeping your business and personal relationships separate is very important to the survival of both your busine...
Wedding Planning: Clear Communication with Your Wedding Guests
Effective communication between you and your wedding guests is essential in the months leading up to your wedding. But in this stressful time, how can you maint...
Top Ten Spyware and Adware Threats Identified
This is a short article which lists the top ten spyware threats and what you can do to avoid becoming a victim.
Prenuptial Agreements: Protecting Your Financial Security
With the responsibility of marriage comes the forethought to the marriage. No, I'm not talking about rings and wedding receptions, I'm talking about financial s...
You Dont Get a Second Chance!
If you don't want to see your Pitbull put to sleep or even shot, please read this article.
Painting with Sound
Explores a new way to teach piano.
Helping Mid-Life Employees Find Meaning
People work to live, but most also live to work. A study on the meaning of work conducted back in 1987 revealed a strong attachment to work as a way of life. Th...
Nurturing Your Soul
In your daily life and when you help others, it's important to remember to take care of yourself. When your energy is high, then you work and daily life will be...
Free Traffic
For any serious webmaster of affiliate marketer, you know traffic is king. Traffic exchange sites are the most cost effective way to generate targeted traffic t...
Dealing With Grief and Loss - How to Mend a Broken Heart
What is it about Grief & Loss that upsets us so much? Is it the heavy duty emoting that we have to do to get through our suffering? Is it the fear we have abo...
Good Credit -- Essential for the Prospective Home Buyer
Attaining good credit is a necessary step to getting a quality home mortgage loan. Here are some tips that will keep you out of trouble, and boost your credit ...
Holding Effective Meetings Can Be Easier than You Think!
Poorly run meetings — those held for the wrong reasons, that don't involve the right participants, or that don't use a disciplined meeting process — can waste t...
Anti-Aging Problem
Say Goodbye to Anti-Aging & Look Beautiful and Young Forever!
25 Ways To Get More Business
Need more business? Who doesn't?
MLM Training: The 5 BLAZING Secrets to SCORCHING MLM Training
Do you know the 5 SCORCHING Secrets to MLM Training? ALL MLM training needs these 5 things! read on!
Affairs: Advice for the Couple
Affairs can destroy a couple. Here are tips and tools for couples to recover and move past the hurt and pain.
Customer Service Leads to Customer Loyalty
All customers want and expect superior customer service, and it is all too important that we give it to them. Otherwise, our competition will.
Ten Essential Tips For Submitting Articles
Submitting well planned articles on-line will increase traffic and can even launch your career when handled right. They'll drive traffic from all over the net a...
Useful Tips on Investing
Here are some useful tips on investing.
Your Biggest Problem in Business? Work Ethic
US Work Ethic Issues and Lack of service
There Are No Forbidden Holiday Foods
CNN reported that a traditional holiday meal can pack more than 2,000 calories and 135 grams of fat (Friday 12-10-04 www.cnn.com). WOW! That's a lot of calories...
Creating Icebergs Out Of Hostility
Have you ever dreaded an upcoming presentation, meeting or function because you just knew that the group would be hostile? Maybe you had heard that these people...
Six Components Of A Good E-Commerce Site
Businesses, which are still sitting on sidelines and not doing business on the Internet, should think seriously about their position! If you are one of them, ch...
The Great Challenge of Life
Here's the great challenge of life - You can have more than you've got because you can become more than you are.
|
Print this page