lick - pet safety crusader Signs Your Pet Needs
Balance Issues Staggering or inability to maintain balance. Paralysis or loss of use of limb. Bleeding Arterial or venous bleeding (severe blood loss), or any bleeding you can’t control within 5 minutes. Coughing up blood or bleeding from nose, eyes, ears, mouth or rectum; blood in urine Eye Injuries & Prolapses (protrusions) Injuries to the eye including sudden blindness, bulging or prolapse (also if to rectum, penis or vagina) Won’t Drink Pet refuses to drink for more than 24 hours. Vomit or Diarrhea (more than twice in 24 hours) or containing blood. Bones Fractures or exposed bones or suspected muscle/ tendon strains or tears Wounds Larger than 1” in length and/or more than ½” deep including bites and especially those which are prone to abscesses and infections; puncture wounds especially to the chest Poisoning Ingested, inhaled, absorbed including venomous snakes, scorpions, jelly fish and spiders. Shock Depletion of oxygen to the body due to blood loss, trauma, anaphylaxis or pulmonary/cardiac arrest. Capillary Refill Time (CRT) is greater than 2 seconds. Bloat (distended abdomen) Heatstroke or Distress Anytime body temperature has reached 104°F or higher, it is a medical emergency!
It’s late at night, on the weekend or even daylight mid- week. Your veterinarian may or may not be open, but your dog or cat is in distress. When MUST you not delay and get him to professional medical help? Hopefully you know animal life-saving skills such as choking management, how to stop bleeding, treat for Shock and Heatstroke and how to perform Cardio Pulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (if you don’t, visit www.PetSafetyCrusader.com/products/classes/), however… SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE VETERINARY CARE, regardless of what first-aid techniques you perform, include:
Cardio and/or Pulmonary Arrest Anytime you perform Rescue Breathing and/or CPR (even if pet is resuscitated – CPR isn’t a cure: You haven’t administered anti-dote for poisoning, stopped internal bleeding or cured a disease), or whenever an animal is having difficulty breathing. Trauma Blow to the head, chest or abdomen or anytime an animal has been unconscious Seizure First-time seizure or tremors lasting more than five minutes. In the case of an epileptic animal, a seizure lasting longer than is normal for that pet.
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