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Pet First Aid Certificate
Qualification
Pet First Aid Certificate.
Delivery
100% online, self paced learning.
Duration
Approx. 3 months (part time).
Course Access
Lifetime membership.
Study Pet First Aid
No matter if you are a pet lover or planning on working with animals professionally, it's crucial that you learn pet first-aid skills. First and foremost for the safety of animals in your care, but also to inspire confidence in the services you offer your customers. This course will ensure that you feel confident in a pet emergency, teaching you how to administer life-saving first aid to dogs and other pets in your care.
As an animal professional or owner, there will almost always be at least one time in your life when you'll be called upon to administer first aid to an animal in need. This Pet First Aid Certificate will ensure that you're equipped with the skills and knowledge to respond confidently and calmly, alleviating an animals distress and giving them the best possible chance of a full recovery.
After learning what essential items you'll require in your first aid kit, you'll learn important steps on how to check an animals health, such as checking temperature, pulse, skin and eyes. You'll learn vital procedures such as dog CPR, cleaning and bandaging as well as scenario based learning that will prepare you in situations such as road traffic accidents, snake bites and seizures. You'll be amazed by how much there is to learn about pet first aid and how important this knowledge will be when embarking on your professional canine career.
This course is suitable for anyone who wants to work with dogs in any capacity in order to be confident in a pet emergency.
Topics
This course includes 6 interactive modules, carefully designed to teach you how to confidently respond in a pet first aid emergency.
- First aid and the law
- The importance of your role
- Keeping animals safe in an emergency
- Precautions and safety
- Accident prevention
- First Aid Kits
- Bandaging materials
- Scrubs, wipes and powders
- Ticks, tweezers and lubrications
- Elizabeth collar
- Initial assessment
- Hands on assessment
- Taking a pulse
- Checking gums
- Dehydration and teeth
- Checking Eyes
- Checking Skin
- Checking temperature
- Checking For pain
- Triage and Vital Signs
- Vomitting and diarrhoea
- Hyperthermia and Hypothermia
- Coughing and Breathing
- Ears and Eyes
- Mouths
- Scooting Bottom
- Scratching and Chewing
- Limping and lethargy
- Procedures
- Restraint
- CPR
- Bleeding
- Cleaning and Bandaging
- Tails and Ears
- Eyes
- Anal Glands
- Choking
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Shock
- Fractures and Wounds
- Town Nails
- Burn and Spinal Injuries
- Blockages, Bloat and Bites
- Accidental Poisoning
- Snake Bites
- Eye and Ear Foreign Bodies
- Seizures

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Top Student Reviews
Robyn
Loved the course Just some of the assessment questions were a little hard to understand what they were trying to ask and how to complete them so they took a little longer.
Julia
Excellent course, very good details
Lauren
A great course providing helpful theory and practical tasks to prepare a prospective groomer for the industry.
Nadja
I was very happy with this course. If I had questions, I got quick answers. It is great that I can download the informations. The videos were very helpful and felt like a practical units. Easier translation options would be great. I fluently speak German.
Makayla
excellent course, valuable information and set up in a way that anyone can learn from
Therese
I absolutely loved this diploma course. I think the industry should be regulated as there is so much more to know than just how to groom a dog. I will send an email as there is more I would like to say about this course. Its fantastic.
Coralie
Good introductory course, provides a high level overview of a good range of topics. I liked the multiple choice questions at the end of each module.
Megan
I found this course covered so much more information than I expected which is great! I felt like I have learnt a lot and it will so helpful in the future. The final assessment was a great way of going over all the information one more.
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