Advanced Pet First Aid Level 3 (VTQ)
Course Content
- Introduction to Advanced Pet First Aid
- Course Introduction
- Course Overview
- Before we start - Coronavirus COVID 19 advice for pet owners from the government
- Meet Your Vet
- Pet First Aid and The Law
- The vet and your role in first aid
- The Role of the Pet First Aider
- When is Veterinary Care Required?
- Keeping your pet safe in an emergency
- Car Accidents
- Pet Proofing your home
- Please rescue my pets stickers
- Hand Hygiene
- Dog Microchipping
- Precautions and Safety
- Anatomy and Physiology
- First Aid Kits and Equipment
- Checking a Dog's health
- Pet Accidents and First Aid
- CPR
- Choking
- Bleeding Control
- Different Conditions you may see
- Injuries
- Suspected fractures
- Pet Fractures Treatment
- Types of fractures on animals
- Spinal injury and moving an injured pet
- Paw Problems
- Nail and Claw Injuries
- Eye Injuries
- Eye Problems
- Bandaging the Ear
- Bandaging the Tail and Tail Injuries
- Puncture Wounds
- Animal bites and scratches on pets
- Stings on animals
- Ibuprofen and pets
- Carbon Monoxide and pets
- Vet poison information line
- Inducing Vomiting in a Dog
- Snake Bites
- Pet Burns
- Electrocution
- Cruciate Ligament
- Illness
- Pets and Illnesses
- Bloat and Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV)
- High Temperatures and Heatstroke
- Hypothermia Treatment
- Vomiting in Animals
- Different Types and Causes of Vomiting
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Allergies in Pets
- Pancreatitis
- Cushings Disease
- Coughing and kennel cough
- Diarrhoea in Animals
- Rabies
- Alabama Foot Rot
- Blue Green Algae
- Pyometra
- Vestibular Syndrome
- Parasites that affect pets
- Cats
- Different types and sizes of animals
- Summary of Advanced Pet First Aid
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We all know cats and roads don't mix. Cats, typically, have pretty much no road sense. I had a cat once, who was hit by a car, and luckily for us, he did come back and came in through the cat flap. But is that common for cats, actually to come home, if they have been injured? No, not necessarily. Obviously, depending on how badly injured. Some cats will just try and find a place to hide. If obviously, your cat does not come back, and you suspect it could be somewhere, then obviously, go out and try to find it. If you do find your cat, and it has a bad injury, basically, you need to get it safely to the vet as soon as possible. And taking a box, or wrapping it in a towel, or something like that to physically get it. But mainly, a cat carrier, to actually, physically get the cat to the vet. A cat carrier would be ideal, but if you have not got a cat carrier, a cardboard box with a clean towel in it. Because if, say, the cat is frightened, you might want to wrap it up, or the cat may be happier to go under the towel if it is scared. Basically, just get it to the vet as quickly as you can. We've looked at lots of ways with dogs of bandaging tails, and bandaging ears, and bandaging legs, but sometimes, a cat, this can be very, very hard, so even the smallest cat, again, maybe just the priority is getting it to the vet as quickly as possible, because there is not a lot of... They are very small, so their resistances are lower to loss of blood and things like this. Yeah. Obviously, if there is an injury that's bleeding a lot, just try to put something to stem the flow of blood, something clean and dry to stem the flow of blood, so you can get the cat to the vet as soon as you can. So, with any accident, the same with dogs or any animal you find, first aid is great. It can help to just try and stop the bleeding where you can. Most important, transport and get them to the vet as quick as possible.
- Cats don't always come home when they are injured
- They may go and somewhere they feel safe to hide
- Ideally, use a carrier to take an injured cat to the vet
- Consider wrapping them gently in a blanket or towel and placing them in a box to move them
- If possible slow or stop bleeding and get to the vet as soon as possible