Anyone who has been to a CPR class is familiar with the basics of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. First youll check to be sure the patient has a clear airway, then check to see if the patient is breathing, check whether the patient has a heartbeat and, if the patient awakens during the process, be careful that you dont get bitten by the patient.
The American Red Cross has been instructing people in CPR for pets for quite some time now and has classes that include all manner of first aid, including mouth-to-snout resuscitation. You read that correctly; mouth-to-snout.
The procedure is similar to traditional mouth-to-mouth resuscitation between humans, the chief difference being that the person performing the procedure will close the dogs mouth and instead provide breaths into the dogs nose. The process sounds humorous in theory, but it works and knowing how to perform mouth-to-snout resuscitation on your pet could literally save its life.
According to a March 2002 story from The Scoop, a website that reports on dogs in the news (you know the theory DOG BITES MAN is not news while MAN BITES DOG is), a dog in Walla Walla, Washington that was accidentally choked...
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