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First Aid
Question | Answer |
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First aid is | Help given to a sick or injured animal until full medical assistance can be reached |
What is Triage? | Triage is a quick assessment of a pet used to determine the severity of its medical situation |
What is a Primary Survey? | The first impression of a victim focusing on the Cardiovascular, Airway, and Breathing functions. These must be clear for you to proceed with first aid. |
What is a Secondary Survey? | An second assessment, after the Primary survey is clear, of the eyes, ears, face, body, and extremities to see where first aid needs to be applied. |
What is the difference between a patient in the field vs. the clinic? | In the clinic you have far more resources and staff to help out a patient. |
Normal respiratory rate? (dog/cat) | 10-40 breaths per minute |
Skin Turgur Test | Pulling back loose skin to determine hydration. If skin snaps back the animal is hydrated normally, if it sticks up or slowly snaps back the animal may be dehydrated. |
Normal temp (cat/dog)? | 99.5 - 102.5 F |
Pulse rate (cats)? | 160 - 240 bpm |
Pulse rate (dogs)? | 60 - 140 bpm |
What are good emergency numbers to have? | Your vet, Emergency vet, animal poison control center, and animal control |
Abrasion | Outer skin damage by scraping against a rough surface |
Incision | Clean cut made by a sharp object |
Lacerations | Jagged or irregular cut made by more blunt objects (such as a stick) |
Puncture | Wound that is deep with a small entry point (dog bite) high risk for infection. |
Avulsion | Forcible separation of tissue from the body (flesh tarring away from the body) |
First degree burn | outer skin layer |
Second degree burn | middle skin layer |
Third degree burn | deep skin layer |
Poisoning may occur via | Absorption, injection, ingestion, and inhalation. |