Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Basic First Aid for Animals and Pets
Learning Lounge and FutureLearn
This online course investigated basic first aid for animals. It covered topics like the DR ABC of first aid steps, checking vital signs, initial response planning, shock, wounds, toxicity, seizures, choking, temperature, stings, and injuries.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Ian Howell
Managing Director
FutureLearn
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Assess situations where animals may need first aid treatment.
- Identify vital signs to look out for.
- Discuss how to handle sick and injured animals.
- Summarise how to treat various wounds in injured animals.
- Describe toxicity, seizures, and choking.
- Evaluate temperature, stings, and injuries.
Syllabus
- Assessing the situation
- Vital signs
- Initial response planning
- Handling sick and injured animals
- Shock
- Unconscious animals
- Wounds
- Toxicity
- Seizures
- Choking
- Hyperthermia
- Hypothermia
- Bites
- Injuries
Issued on 31st May 2024
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