| Animal wound care is extremely important for | | | | amputation. If a tourniquet is absolutely |
| your pet. If you do not take care of their | | | | necessary, make sure to loosen it every |
| wounds immediately, they can lead to long | | | | twenty to thirty minutes to allow blood to |
| term injury, sickness, and even death. | | | | flow to the limb. Otherwise, consider a |
| Veterinarians get paid well to take care of | | | | tourniquet to always be a last resort. |
| these tasks because dealing with a hurt | | | | |
| animal is nothing to take lightly. | | | | First try to get something you can use to |
| | | | apply pressure with by pressing down on the |
| They might not allow you to come near the | | | | wound. |
| wound in order to treat it, even though it | | | | |
| needs to be attended to. If your dog or cat | | | | Since wounds are painful to the dog, be |
| is this way, don't let their temperament keep | | | | prepared to restrain or muzzle before you |
| you from helping to care for their wound, | | | | treat the wound. A muzzle can be very cheap |
| even if they growl or bark or hiss at you. | | | | if you buy one at your local Petsmart or |
| | | | other pet store. |
| Many people don't take their animals to the | | | | |
| clinic for the simple reason that they | | | | Keep one handy in case you ever need it. The |
| believe that the injury will heal itself. | | | | last thing you would want to happen in the |
| | | | event that you do need to care for the wound |
| Often times when this is the mentality of the | | | | of an animal that will bite, is to sustain an |
| pet owner, the animal sustains long term | | | | injury to yourself as well! You also may |
| injury because the wound, or broken bone has | | | | want to consider buying good animal |
| healed improperly, and no longer functions | | | | healthcare insurance. Many new animal health |
| the way it once did. In order to fix it once | | | | care insurance providers are springing up |
| that has happened, you may have to pay major | | | | around the country and you can possible find |
| money to have surgery done on the animal. So | | | | some car insurance companies to agree to pay |
| what does the person who can't afford to go | | | | for your animal health care in the event of a |
| to the vet do in order to properly care for | | | | car accident too. |
| their animals wounds? In the care of wounds, | | | | |
| the two most important objectives are first | | | | Don't overlook these services. Surgery and |
| to stop the bleeding, and then to prevent | | | | other animal health care issues can be very |
| infection. | | | | expensive if your animal is not covered. When |
| | | | treating a wound, it's always nice to be able |
| This is much the same as treating a human | | | | to go to the vet/ animal clinic immediately |
| being. To stop the bleeding you simply need | | | | knowing your pet will receive the proper |
| to apply pressure to the point of injury, but | | | | care, and not having to worry about the cost! |
| do not use a tourniquet as to prevent | | | | |