Canine First Aid Workshop
Hosted by Qualified Veterinary Nurse, Rachel Bean, RVN
Sunday 10 September 2023, 10am - 2.30pm
Just humans to this event
Attendee price: £90
A Canine First Aid course for responsible pet owners and dog professionals - be prepared to save your best friend’s life in a medical emergency.
This is not your average Canine First Aid course. This 4.5 hour long workshop is set to be a very comprehensive, fun and interactive, emotional and thought provoking workshop with like-minded people!
Understanding first aid for your dog will give you the skills to assist them by easing their pain and suffering and preventing them from getting worse before you get them to your vet. This First Aid course covers how to assist an unconscious or not breathing dog as well as addressing common injuries and illnesses including bleeding, seizures, choking and much, much more.
Just some of what it covers:
- What is pet first aid and why do we need it
- The vet and your role in first aid
- When is veterinary care required
- Keeping your pet safe in an emergency
- Car accidents
- Pet proofing your home
- ID tags and micro-chipping
- How pets show pain
- Checking the health of your pet
- Summary of pet first aid
- Controlling bleeding
- Dressings and bandages
- Paw problems
- Ears, eyes and mouth
- Other eye problems
- Bandaging the ear
- Bandaging the tail
- Illnesses
- Digestive process
- Vomiting in animals
- Poisoning, bites and stings
- Burns and temperature problems
- Seizures and epilepsy
- Choking
- Snake bites on pets
- Ticks
- Insect Stings
- Lesions
- Bloat
- Pyometra
- Kennel cough
- Diabetes
- Flystrike
- Parasites
- Alabama foot rot
- Blue green algae