iPet Level 3 Award in Canine First Aid
A comprehensive pet emergency course for owners and professionals. Covering treating injuries, allergic reactions, poisoning, choking, seizures, CPR, and more for canine emergencies.
Description
Leading industry experts have reviewed this qualification to ensure the outcome is appropriate for the animal care industry and the continued growth and development of the sector.
This qualification has been designed to enable Candidates to:
• Know the objectives of first aid
• Understand how to manage canine behaviour in emergency situations.
• Understand DR ABC (primary survey) of the canine including how to take temperature, pulse and respiration rate.
• Understand the examination of an injured animal and the actions to take to manage shock.
• Be able to record the pulse rate, respiration rate, apply a bandage to a dog and conduct CPR on a mannequin.
• Know the different types of wounds and fractures and appropriate first aid treatment
• Understand the management, signs necessary first aid treatment of choking, stings, poisoning, hyperthermia, hypothermia, water inhalation, convulsion, gastric torsion, burns and electrocution.
• Understand what is required in a canine emergency first aid kit and how to communicate in emergency situations
The iPET Network Level 3 Award in Canine First Aid consists of one mandatory theoretical and practical unit: