Pet BLS

[Sasha]

You cannot save a dog with oxygen, just like you cannot save a human with oxygen.

No one is saying you'll save a dog, but it may help the family, especially if they have small children, to cope.

[lightsandsirens5]

Our front office got called by the local vet once to bring over a Zoll moniter to hook up to a dog to confirm for the owner that it was dead. Someone took the moniter to the office, like two blocks away, hooked it up to the dog, and saw that the dog was in V-Tach. So they shaved the hair away, shocked the dog and it ended up surviving. I dunno why it was in VT, mebby it got into the owners meds or something. The owner said that other than being in VT the dog was young and healthy.

[Airwaygoddess]

I tend to agree, My primary focus is the human patient, Fido or Fluffy come second, if it is meant to be they will make it. As it is with insurence companies to get reinbursment for services is getting smaller and smaller. Do you really think they are going to reinburse your service for the pet O2 masks...... Sigh

[reaper]

Most of the time, Pet o2 masks are donated by an animal rescue group!.

[Sasha]

I tend to agree, My primary focus is the human patient, Fido or Fluffy come second, if it is meant to be they will make it.

I don't think anyone is saying you should help a dog before a patient. The "meant to be" thought makes all of EMS obsolete, then. If the patient was meant to live, they will live, regardless of EMS intervention?

[mycrofft]

I can think of one instance where simple BLS can save a life from clinical death and that is a strong electric shock which the victim could "shake off" except they aren't breathing and the metabolic clock is ticking. Saw it in a human once, although he lost an arm to electrical burns/electrolysis (momentary 6000 V AC working on a power line in the wind).

[MJordan2121]

That's out of my Scope of Practice.

[daedalus]

Originally Posted by reaper

Most of the time, Pet o2 masks are donated by an animal rescue group!.

But the oxygen gas is not.

[reaper]

Originally Posted by daedalus

But the oxygen gas is not.

Yeah, because that is a big concern in most areas!

[daedalus]

Originally Posted by reaper

Yeah, because that is a big concern in most areas!

With the current billing difficulties for some California patients, everything is a big deal right now. We do not use oxygen to pretend we care about people or pets.

I will treat a pet, if they present with injuries that I can control will bandages, etc.