Good first aid knowledge can help to save your pet’s life, reduce the potential for increased injury and promote fast recovery. First aid is not a replacement for going to your vet, but handling emergency situations properly right at the beginning can save you money by recognizing problems early and acting on them quickly.
Pet first aid courses are designed to build an owner’s confidence to respond to an illness or injury situation, administer the appropriate care, or stabilize and transport a pet to the veterinarian. A good course will include preventive care to avoid illness and injury, how to use common household items to restrain and transport an injured animal, and some or all of the following:
Attending a course in person allows for hands-on learning with life-sized specialty animal manikins. Along with practicing CPR, choking and bandaging, animal manikins can be used to demonstrate how to adapt common household items such as jackets, sticks, newspaper, saran wrap, duct tape, Benadryl, old cell phones, ties, belts, rope, scarfs, etc. into first aid tools. Finally, a good first aid course will provide you with a resource manual for handy reference and a specially designed pet first aid kit. Consider the newly developed, St. John Ambulance Pet First Aid course. With everything included above, it will be the best 6 ½ hours you spend on learning how to keep your pet safe and healthy.
Proceeds of St. John Ambulance Pet First Aid courses are directed to the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program, a charitable service that brings comfort, joy and companionship to members of the community who are sick, lonely, reside in long-term care and mental health facilities; are in hospitals, schools and library settings.
Course fees $125.00 per person