First Aid for Dogs – For All Dog Lovers

Course Overview

This step-by-step guide is our most comprehensive First Aid course for dogs. The course covers prioritising injuries and managing an accident scene, CPR, recovery position, choking, bleeding, bandaging, poisoning, fitting, burns and scalds, broken bones, how to help if they have been hit by a car and much more.

Course Features

The course consists of illustrated step by step directions, flow charts, diagrams, videos and test yourself sections fully compatible with all computers and mobile devices. You will be able to stop and start as often as you like and print your Certificate on completion. This course should take around 6 hours and you will have continuous access to the course for 12 months. This course conforms to the latest RECOVER guidelines for veterinary CPR.

This is essential training for anyone working with pets and all pet owners. Our courses empower you with the skills and confidence to provide immediate help to your pet in a medical emergency in those first vital minutes before you can get to a vet. Prompt and appropriate First Aid reduces the pain and suffering experienced by your pet and could save their life.

Important Information

It is impossible to cover all eventualities within this course, or to equip you with the knowledge and skills to appropriately diagnose and treat in unpredictable real life situations. If you suspect illness or injury, you should always seek immediate professional medical or veterinary advice. The author has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within the course, however this course is merely a guide and the author does not accept any liability or responsibility for any inaccuracies or for any mistreatment or misdiagnosis of any person or animal, however caused.

About the Author

The course material has been written by Emma Hammett, qualified nurse, first aid trainer and founder of First Aid for Life in conjunction with other medical, first aid, animal and veterinary professionals. If you have any queries concerning this course, please contact emma@firstaidforlife.org.uk

For more on First Aid for Pets, please visit our sister site: www.firstaidforpets.net

First Aid for Pets Awards

First Aid for Pets is an Award Winning Dog First Aid training provider empowering all pet lovers with the skills and confidence to help their pet in those first vital minutes before you can get to a vet.

Course Contents

• Action in an emergency
• Keep yourself safe
• Priorities of treatment
• Preparing for an emergency
• How to muzzle a dog
• Helpful information
• What to put in your first aid kit
• What the vet needs to know
• The primary survey – How to help in an emergency
• Danger
• Response
• Airway
• Breathing and circulation
• Unresponsive and breathing – recovery position and best way to transport them
• Unconscious and not breathing – dog CPR
• Choking and drowning
• Anaphylactic shock and acute allergic reaction
• Wounds and bleeding
• How to treat a bleeding wound
• Different types of bleeds
• Dressings
• Embedded objects
• Shock
• Symptoms of shock
• Treatment of shock
• Bite wounds
• Eye injuries
• Nose bleeds
• How to bandage a wounded limb
• Bites and stings
• Bee and wasp stings
• Tick and flea bites
• Snake bite
• Animal bites
• Burns
• Poisoning
• Breaks, sprains and dislocations
• Head injuries
• Spinal injuries
• Road traffic accidents – how to help
• Fitting, seizures, convulsions
• Extremes of body temperature
• Heat exhaustion
• Heat stroke
• Hypothermia
• Useful advice
• Final lesson