This is an outline of a training series we can customize to suite your requirements.  It can be completed in for six (6) two to three (2-3) hour sessions or any combination that works for your organization.  No certification is provided until all requirements are completed.  Contact the office for details.  This series does not include Senior Care or Dental Care.

The series can be utilized to provide organizations the ability to offer training as a fund raising activity.

Pet Care & Pet First Aid Education Series*

Basic Animal Care:

        Wellness Examination — why and how to perform

        What are the signs of a healthy animal

Vital Signs — why we should be able to take them and how

Training—why should we invest our time and money

Toenails—why trim them and how

Seasonal hazards for your pets

Open Discussion

Practice Session

First Aid

 Review Basic Animal Care — review previous class

 What is an emergency—definition of true emergencies

 Emergency Pet Assessment  - why and how

 When and how to apply first aid in the field

 Bites or stinging insects, snake bites

 Preventing poisonings—induce vomiting or not

 Frost Bite & Heatstroke—preventing or caring for

 Choking and how to manage it

 Open Discussion

 Practice Session

Bandaging

Review First Aid Information

Types of injuries—define and identify

Bleeding Protocols—define types of bleeding and the

protocols to follow.

Basic bandages—different types, how to apply and when

Pressure bandages— when this is required an how to apply

Splints—when used and how to make one

Open Discussion

Practice Session

Rescue Breathing & CPR

        Review Vital Signs — how to take them

        Protocol of an Emergency—when & how to apply

Breathing Protocols—how to tell if the pet needs assistance

Rescue Breathing—how to perform breathing for an

unconscious pet

CPR—when is CPR required

CPR— how to perform CPR on a pet

CPR—performing CPR on different body types dogs & cats

What protocols apply for each

Open Discussion

Practice session after each skill

First Aid Kit

Review basic first aid

The First Aid Kit—review contents of several; home,

car kit, travel or hiking kit

Identification—why carry photos and identification

The First Aid Kit –define the parts of a good kit What should be included and why

Take the First Aid Kit  apart to show how the individual pieces should be used and when

Build a Kit – building your own and how to use it

Resources –where can you find the everything,

  Open Discussion

Exercise and Your Pet

Review Basic Care

Pets ideal weight —how to tell if they are overweight

Nutrition and your pet—what is right for your pet

Pets Exercise – the requirement to exercise

Pets Exercise—the dedication required

Pet Exercise —the many options available

Resources—where to find everything

Open Discussion

*This is a personal education course only. Completing this course does not qualify the student to utilize any part of the course content to teach or instruct in any way.  These course materials are protected under copy write laws and may only be presented by PetTech Instructors that have been certified through PetTECH Inc.