Course Content

• Introduction to Advanced Pet First Aid
  • Course Introduction
  • Course Overview
  • Meet Your Vet
  • Dog First Aid and The Law
  • The vet and your role in first aid
  • The Role of the Dog 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
  • Cat microchipping
• Precautions and Safety
  • Dog Muzzles
  • Use of Gloves
  • Approaching a Dog That Has Been Injured
• Anatomy and Physiology
  • External Anatomy
  • Internal Anatomy
  • Dog Digestive Process
  • Blood vessels
  • Types of Bones
  • Breathing mechanisms
  • Circulatory system
  • Types of Joints
  • The nervous system
  • The Muscular System
• First Aid Kits and Equipment
  • Premium Pet First Aid Kit
  • Pet Bleed First Aid Kit
  • Elizabethan Collars
  • Dog Wrap Bandages
  • Bandage Aftercare
  • Using a Foil Blanket
  • Porta-Bowl dog water bowl
• Checking a Dog's health
  • Initial Assessment
  • Checking Your Dog's Health and Finding Out What Is Normal
  • Gum Colour
  • Collecting a Urine Sample
  • How Dogs Show Pain
  • Taking a Pulse
  • Taking the Temperature
  • Vital Signs
  • Comprehensive Assessment and Checking Vital Signs Example
• Pet Accidents and First Aid
  • Classifications of an Emergency
  • Pet Recovery Position
  • What to do if your cat has an accident
• CPR
  • The RECOVER Pet CPR Guidelines
  • Dog CPR Introduction
  • Recognising Cardiac Arrest in Pets
  • Dog CPR
  • Dog CPR Practical Demonstration
  • CPR on deep chested dogs
  • Cat CPR
  • Dogs Drowning and Treatment
  • Near and Secondary Drowning
  • Administration of Oxygen
  • Oxygen and Your Dog
• Choking
  • Choking Overview
  • Choking
  • Choking - How common is it at the vets?
• Bleeding Control
  • Types of Bleeding
  • Dressings, Bandages and Controlling Bleeding
  • Woundclot veterinary haemostatic gauze
  • How Does Woundclot Vet Work?
  • Woundclot vet features
  • Pets and Tourniquets
  • HaemoCap™ MultiSite - Dogs
  • Shock
• Different Conditions you may see
  • Breathing and Respiratory Problems
  • Loss of Appetite
  • Sneezing
  • Lethargy
  • Urination Problems
  • Weakness in Animals
  • Dehydration in Dogs
  • Clinical signs of dehydration in dogs and cats
  • Hydration and rehydration in dogs
  • Fluid balance in dogs and cats
  • Oralade - treating dehydration
  • Oralade for cats
  • Oralade - The Science
• Injuries
  • Suspected fractures
  • Dog Fractures Treatment
  • Types of fractures on animals
  • Spinal injury and moving an injured dog
  • 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 dogs
  • Stings on animals
  • Ibuprofen and pets
  • Carbon Monoxide and dogs
  • Vet poison information line
  • Inducing Vomiting in a Dog
  • Snake Bites
  • Dog Burns
  • Electrocution
  • Cruciate Ligament
• Illness
  • Dogs 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 Dogs
  • Pancreatitis
  • Cushings Disease
  • Coughing and kennel cough
  • Diarrhoea in Animals
  • Rabies
  • Alabama Foot Rot
  • Blue Green Algae
  • Pyometra
  • Vestibular Syndrome
  • The risks of acorns to dogs
• Parasites that affect pets
  • Fleas
  • Ticks and Lyme Disease
  • Insect Stings
  • Fly Strike
  • Lungworm
  • Processionary caterpillars
• Cats
  • Restraining a Cat
  • Cats and Heights
  • Cat Vaccinations
  • Cat Worming and Treatment
  • Pedigree Cats
  • The Pregnant Cat
  • Adult Cats
  • Cat Flu
• Different types and sizes of animals
  • The Older Dog
  • Brachycephalic dogs
  • Smaller Pets
  • Reptiles
  • Woundclot and aquatic animal care
• Summary of Advanced Pet First Aid
  • Fireworks and Thunderstorms
  • Advanced pet first aid practical (optional)
  • Course Summary