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CPR For Dogs
By Kirsten Hawkins
Anyone who has been to a CPR class is familiar with the basics of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
First you’ll 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 don’t 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 dog’s mouth and instead
provide breaths into the dog’s 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 nearly to death was saved by a quick-acting Good Samaritan
who was trained in mouth-to-snout.
After being revived, the dog was treated at the Walla Walla Associated Veterinary Clinic and released.
In addition to the mouth-to-snout procedure, dogs can have chest compressions performed in an
emergency where the heart sto