Emergency Responses Jeopardy
Veterinary Pet CareAgricultural Sciences
Waterford, WI
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First Response
HeimlichManeuver
CPR Poisoning Car Accident
Misc
First Response
• What is the first thing you should always do in an emergency?
• Check to make sure the scene is safe•
First Response
• This is what the ABC’s stand for
• Airway, Breathing, Circulation
First Response
• Before leaving for a veterinarian, you should do this.
• Call the vet to alert them of your pending arrival
First Response
• If a dog is not breathing but has a heartbeat, what would be the appropriate response?
• Rescue Breathing
First Response
• If a dog is not breathing and has no heartbeat, what would be the appropriate response?
• CPR
Heimlich Maneuver
• If a dog is choking, this would be the appropriate first response to address the choking problem:
• Try to remove the object by hand
Heimlich Maneuver
• To perform the Heimlich on a dog, you must do what general motion?
• 5 thrusts inward and upward on the abdomen below the rib cage
Heimlich Maneuver
• Where should your fist be placed to perform the Heimlich?
• Below the rib cage
Heimlich Maneuver
• If you cannot pick up the dog, what should you do to perform the Heimlich?
• Lay the dog on its side and perform the compressions on the abdomen from the side
Heimlich Maneuver
• If the dog goes unconscious while you are trying to expel the object from its windpipe, what should you do?
• Keep performing the Heimlich until the object is expelled, then perform rescue breathing if needed.
CPR
• CPR is needed under what 2 conditions?
• No pulse and no breathing
CPR
• Where should chest compressions be performed on a dog for CPR?
• Widest part of the chest
CPR
• How deep should the chest compressions go?
• 1-3 inches on a big dog; ½ - 1 inch on a small dog
CPR
• If you are with a person, you perform ____ compressions for every breath. If you are alone, you perform ____ compressions for every breath
• 5 ; 3
CPR
• If the dog is small, they should face _____ you during CPR. If the dog is large, they should face _____ you during CPR.
• Towards; Away from
Poisoning
• If you have to make a dog vomit, you would use this
• 3% hydrogen peroxide
Poisoning
• This is the rate you would give 3% hydrogen peroxide to make a dog vomit
• 1 teaspoon for every 10 lbs of body weight up to 9 teaspoons
Poisoning
• If you have to take the dog to a vet, you should bring this along.
• The poison and the vomit
Poisoning
• You should do this before making a dog vomit using hydrogen peroxide.
• Try to feed it moist dog food
Poisoning
• This is the number for ASPCA Poison Control
• 1-800-548-2423
Car Accident
• If you see a dog hit by a car, you must first do this before responding
• Make sure the scene is safe
Car Accident
• If you suspect a spinal injury from a car accident, you should do this as a precaution to prevent further spinal injury
• Not move the dog unless you have to and/or use a board or blanked to move the dog
Car Accident
• This is the first thing you should check when treating an animal hit by a car
• ABC’s
Car Accident
• If a dog has eviscerated organs, you must do this.
• Keep them moist
Car Accident
• This is what you should do to the dog on the way to the vet to prevent shock.
• Cover it with a blanket
Misc
• When treating an animal with heatstroke, this is the appropriate way to cool it down.
• Cover with a towel and douse it with tepid water.
Misc
• This is how you would treat a penetrating chest wound.
• Cover the wound with a pad covered in antibiotic gauze or petroleum jelly and transport to the vet
Misc
• If the dog has an object embedded into its body, you would do this:
• Leave the object in place and secure with gauze, tape, or a foam coffee cup. Transport to the vet
Misc
• If the dog has a fractured or broken bone, this is what you would do to prevent further injury before transporting to the vet:
• Wrap the affected area in a towel and secure with tape
Misc
• This is how you treat frost bite:
• Wrap the affected areas in a warm towel or soak in tepid water
FINAL JEOPARDY
• Make your wagers!
• This is how you would respond to an animal that has been badly burned by a pot of scalding water.
• Rinse off the affected area with cool water if possible. – Cover the affected area with a cool, wet cloth or cold pack
and wrap in a loose bandage.– Transport the animal to the vet; cover with a blanket to
prevent shock and call before leaving.
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