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GROUP HOLDS EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FIRST AID TRAINING FOR PETS Courtesy of Lexi Schweinert, Reporter, WNKY 40
RUSSELLVILLE, Ky.- Nashville Vet- erinary Specialists taught local first responders in Logan County how to perform first aid on pets.
“Pretty much any trouble people can get into, they got their pets along, pets can get into that same trouble,” said Becky Dan, Community Out- reach and Marketing Director.
Dan said it’s important to teach re- sponders how to give first aid to pets, and that it’s not as different as they may think. “Te firefighters, they’re definitely experts in CPR and doing
these emergency procedures, so they already know how to do them quite well on people. And they’ll have no problem doing them on the animals. we just need to show them the little twists and turns,” said Dan.
Te basics are similar to first aid for humans – Checking the pet by taking temperature, vitals and checking their mucus. And remember the song “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees? Te beat of the song is actually the recommended rhythm for CPR on both humans and pets.
With coronavirus, the staff said that most first-aid situations would be house emer- gencies such as a fire or a natural disaster.
“Pets are becoming a bigger part of every- one’s lives. So we just need to be better prepared to take care of them,” said Dr. Jon Todd, veterinarian at Logan County Animal Clinic.
First responders watch a presentation on pet first aid presented by Becky Dan.
Practice “dogs” and “cats” assist first responders in learning proper CPR and medical techniques on pets.
And because of more people working from home, Todd said that pets are more important than ever to families.
“Pets have become family members, and we call our cli- ents, pet parents,” said Todd.
Tis was the first pet course for first responders in the lo- cal area, and the team said they hope that more counties in Kentucky will want to do it.
See the article and WNKY video here:
https://www.wnky.com/group-holds-emergency-personnel- first-aid-training-for-pets/
10 KVMA News Attendees watchig the CPR demonstration.
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