First Aid: Bleeding

Priority

low

Symptoms

If your dog is bleeding

First Aid

Keep the dog quiet and calm. Put on a tight bandage. Improvise with a towel or some clothing if necessary. If blood is seeping through, apply another tight layer. Only use a tourniquet as a last resort. For places you cannot bandage, press a pad firmly onto the wound and hold it in place. Get to the vet straight away.

If you have bandaging materials, place a nonadhesive dressing on the wound and cover with
swabs or cotton bandage. Then place a layer of cotton wool. Cover this with more cotton bandage. Stick this to the hair at the top with surgical tape, and cover the whole with adhesive bandage or tape. Do not stick elastoplast to the dog’s hair. When bandaging limbs, the foot should be included or it may swell up.

<p>Keep the dog quiet and calm.
Put on a tight bandage.
Improvise with a towel or some clothing if necessary.
If blood is seeping through, apply another tight layer.
Only use a tourniquet as a last resort.
For places you cannot bandage, press a pad firmly onto the wound and hold it in place.
Get to the vet straight away.</p>
<p>If you have bandaging materials, place a nonadhesive dressing on the wound and cover with<br />

swabs or cotton bandage.
Then place a layer of cotton wool.
Cover this with more cotton bandage.
Stick this to the hair at the top with surgical tape, and cover the whole with adhesive bandage or tape.
Do not stick elastoplast to the dog’s hair.
When bandaging limbs, the foot should be included or it may swell up.</p>

Notes

Never leave a bandage on for more than 24 hours.

Canine First Aid Training 2010 - Dates TBA: 26/12/2010
Members Photos: 25/12/2011

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