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.