Djbouti — CJTF-HOA veterinarian and medical workers skilled navy personnel on a number of medical life-saving procedures throughout a navy working canine canine (K9) tactical fight casualty care class at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, Jan. 29, 2025.
Within the occasion a K9 is injured, any personnel with the coaching can carry out life-saving procedures to assist a K9.
The life-saving techniques had been comparable procedures carried out on human beings akin to bleeding management, airway administration, IV placement.
Nonetheless, the coaching targeted on nuances with how one can establish and detect issues within the occasion the K9 is injured. Ways like discovering a pulse, inserting an IV, and tourniquet placement had been among the many many procedural gadgets that had been demonstrated and practiced.
One vital lesson was educating the personnel to not use a tourniquet resulting from K9 limbs being thinner and the tourniquet being unstable.
The coaching used a luxurious, stuffed ‘demo canine’ to forestall accidents on actual K9s nevertheless they carried out actual pulse checks on a reside K9.
The personnel walked away with worthwhile abilities that can be utilized the place a K9 requires instant medical care resulting from warmth or fight associated accidents.
