





K9 First Aid Handbook
Topics Covered:
Assessment: Quick and accurate assessment techniques to identify health issues and prioritise treatment.
Muzzling Guidance: Instructions on safely muzzling a working dog to prevent harm to the dog.
Normal Physiological Parameters: Understand the vital signs of a healthy working dog, enabling you to recognize abnormalities swiftly.
Emergency Assessment and management: Best practices for thorough and calm assessments in safer settings.
Trauma: Strategies for managing traumatic injuries, including prompt and effective interventions.
Haemorrhage Control: Critical techniques to control bleeding, using bandaging and tourniquets effectively.
Chest Trauma: Identification and initial treatment of chest injuries, ensuring stable breathing and minimising further harm.
Lacerations: Guidance on cleaning, dressing, and closing lacerations and wounds to prevent infection and promote healing.
Fractures: Steps to immobilize and support broken bones, ensuring the dog's comfort and safety until professional care can be reached.
Temperature Related Injuries: Spotting and addressing the signs of heat and cold-related injuries, ensuring swift and effective treatment. Includes prevention, recognition, and treatment of heat-related illnesses; the leading cause of mortality in working dogs.
Poisoning: Recognising and responding to toxic exposures.
Diarrhoea: Managing gastrointestinal issues quickly and effectively to prevent dehydration and other complications.
Envenomation: Understanding the dangers of envenomation, and how to provide first aid before veterinary treatment is available.
Exertion and Recovery: Best practices for managing and aiding a dog's recovery after strenuous activities, ensuring their long-term health and performance.
Why This Handbook?
Our Dog First Aid Handbook was created in a collaboration with Dog First Aid Australia drawing on their expertise in MWD handling and first aid. This expertise combined with the latest academic veterinary literature (sources included in book) has resulted in this first aid handbook.
Don't leave it to chance; be prepared with the knowledge to act swiftly and effectively when it matters most.
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