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Giving the breathe With small dogs and especially pups you do not need to give them the full air of your breathe when you exhale. Our lungs hold much more air than their little lungs. A good way to tell if you are getting enough air in is to position them so you can see their little chest. As you give them your little puff of air you should see the chest rise slightly. If not, don't blow harder but position pup again GENTLY(we all know Yorkies have long necks/throats so don't over extend their head or neck. Be sure the tongue hasn't slipped back against the back of throat and is obstucting breathe. Try again if you feel a good deal of resistance check again to see that something is not lodged in their little windpipe. I have seen pups revive up to about 20-25 minutes of CPR. Remember to check for a pulse after breathes do not chest compress is there is a pulse and again you only need to compress the chest in a pup less than an inch. Use two fingers only they are pups. Hoping you never need to know but learn anyway-Be Prepared |
Thanks Wow, what wonderful information to have. Thanks for taking the time to inform us. |
Terrific Information. I am a RRT and also work in medical field and I am BCLS/ACLS certified. Great article :) Also, anyone reading this should learn CPR, because you never know, it could save the life of a loved one. |
Dog CPR Wow. This is really good information to have. Im going to print it and put it on my refrigerator! |
Thank you!!! :aimeeyork |
Thank you for posting this! I know the regular CPR but they usually don't cover pets when you do the training :p Anyway, I printed off a couple of copies and laminated them. I hope I never have to use it, but I feel better just having it for those "just in case" |
The pictures of the CPR technique show two hands around the ribcage for compressions, does anyone know if this should be the case for a very small (under 3 lb) dog as well? I am visualizing my tiny tiny dog and wondering if it would hurt her. :confused: |
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Here's a video I found on YouTube. |
Our Yorkie almost chocked!!! Our Yorkie, Ginger 9y/o, just almost choked on her Merrill Dog food ,the chunks were to big, she flung herself around on the floor until she got it out. But we felt so helpless not knowing what to do, I will be learning CPR for animals now. Also I'll be more careful , watching her food size. She has never had a problem before so I didn't really give it much thought:aimeeyork WHAT a scare I am still shook up long after she is playing now and ok |
A huuuuge thank you for this I'll print it. There's so much grate stuff in this forum! :thumbup: |
Another thing to have in mind, in infants you do not use palms (biggest risk of CPR are broken ribs) you use two fingers only unless your a 4 yr old child administering CPR. My point is for all those tiny dogs please don't break their ribs. 1/2 to 1 in compression does not required that much strenght/pressure on tiny babies. For those that don't want to do mouth to mouth you don't have too if your compressing right that should be enough, but if your cupping your hands your mouth doesn't need to touch theirs anyway. And someone beat me to my next comment you don't need to blow full air into their airway. Just slowly until you see the chest rise. I havent taken classes on animal CPR but I am a certified to perform on humans. I'm an ST. Thanks for the post I still don't know dogs anatomy so I wasn't sure were was the spot for compression on them. |
Thank you for the information. |
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