rmabrey
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Yesterday my partner and I were dispatched to an animal bite, and were told PD and animal control were on the way and the dog was locked up.
Pulling up to the scene I see a woman sitting on the ground covered in blood next to a motionless dog. As a Dog owner my first thought was the cop shot the dog and that was something I didnt really want to see. Turns out, the lady was walking her dogs and a pit bull mix had got loose and bit one of them.
Now I don't know much about K9 Anatomy but this pit definitely hit an artery, but I don't believe it was a major one. There was a lot of blood. At this point we didn't really want to leave and do nothing so we called our Sup and he said do what you can and if they needed us they would call, so we grabbed some ABD pads and controlled the bleeding. And started considering an IV and some fluids, but neither of us had a clue where to even start an IV on a dog (we later found out inside the leg is best, as one of our medics has done it).
The dog was still alive when Animal control showed up to take it to the emergency vet, though its respiratory rate had gone from 24 to 32(after a quick google is still normal for a dog, but still considering the circumstances).
He perked up and started licking the blood off himself once we got him in the truck so that was a good sign. I know some people would say its not our job and would have left, but considering we weren't needed I think helping where we could was a good thing to do.
Pulling up to the scene I see a woman sitting on the ground covered in blood next to a motionless dog. As a Dog owner my first thought was the cop shot the dog and that was something I didnt really want to see. Turns out, the lady was walking her dogs and a pit bull mix had got loose and bit one of them.
Now I don't know much about K9 Anatomy but this pit definitely hit an artery, but I don't believe it was a major one. There was a lot of blood. At this point we didn't really want to leave and do nothing so we called our Sup and he said do what you can and if they needed us they would call, so we grabbed some ABD pads and controlled the bleeding. And started considering an IV and some fluids, but neither of us had a clue where to even start an IV on a dog (we later found out inside the leg is best, as one of our medics has done it).
The dog was still alive when Animal control showed up to take it to the emergency vet, though its respiratory rate had gone from 24 to 32(after a quick google is still normal for a dog, but still considering the circumstances).
He perked up and started licking the blood off himself once we got him in the truck so that was a good sign. I know some people would say its not our job and would have left, but considering we weren't needed I think helping where we could was a good thing to do.
