1. When bandaging a wounded dog,
start the bandaging at the base of the dog’s foot.
2. Light pressure should be used during bandaging
so that circulation is not impeded – causing a foot or toes
to swell.
3. The easiest way to determine if a dog’s
foot is swelling is to look at the toes
4. When a dog’s toe nails begin to separate,
it is an indication that the toes are swelling because a bandage
may be wrapped too tightly.
5. The end point of an injured dog’s leg should
be approximately, two to three inches above the wound.
6. A large-sized dog should be able to withstand
the loss of a pint of blood
7. A 10 pound canine can afford only four to
five tablespoons of blood loss.
8. Tourniquets can be applied on either an
injured leg or tail.
9. Generally, tourniquets are applied between
the heart and the wound. When the bleeding is derived from an
artery on the side away furthest from the heart it may be coming
from a vein.
10. Wound other than lose located on the tail
or leg of a dog will require firm pressure to alleviate any
bleeding.
11. When your dog is bleeding from the heart,
the arterial blood will be a vivid red. With significant velocity
and force, arterial blood tends to spurt out and pulses in conjunction
of each heart beat as it hemorrhages.
12. Dissimilar to arterial blood, venous blood
comes from the vein. Not as bright red as arterial blood, venous
hemorrhaging is a dark red coloration. Although it may flow
rapidly, it does not gush out in pulses or spurts.
13. Since venous blood is on its way back to
the aorta from the rest of the body, the tourniquet should be
applied distal to (below) the wound.
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