If you work around operational K9s or have K9’s you worry about and you are already TECC/TCCC trained, which of your human skills are transferrable to a wounded dog? If you are a K9 handler, you need to take both K9 First Aid and K9 TECC/TCCC classes to be prepared to treat your K9 partner
This course is intended to provide the necessary understanding and skills for a human-trained TECC/TCCC provider to treat a wounded canine/K9 when presented with one until delivery to an emergency trauma veterinarian.
- What are the most common wounding patterns in K9s? How do they differ from humans?
- Which skills and applications are the same?
- Which are different?
- What anatomy is so different you need to adjust your technique?
- Which techniques might cause catastrophic outcomes if applied?
- What other considerations are specific to K9s?
This course is completely consistent with the K9 TECC and TCCC guidelines. It is not intended to teach the full complement of TECC/TCCC Skills. The class is based on the premise that you are already TECC or TCCC trained. Students are encouraged to take the appropriate course from our TC2 series to learn the principles and skills before learning how they would apply to a wounded canine. This course includes paramedic level skills to include differences in K9 surgical airways, decompression of tension pneumothorax, medication administration, and IV/IO access.
NOW CAPCE ACCREDITED FOR 3 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Course Features
- Lectures 16
- Quizzes 1
- Duration 24 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Students 120
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
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Introduction
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K9 MARCH
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Conclusion
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Skills
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Class Closure
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Matthew Henderson
Well done.
I am a TEMS unit member for a small, but busy urban EMS service in Canada. With the advent of our K9 prehospital care program, I chose this course to augment my current knowledge. Dr. Shertz presented a very well-organized, module-based learning platform that is engaging and supported by studies. The timeline is more than adequate to complete the course at the learner's convenience. Visual skills demonstration and a final curriculum test rounds off this online-learning course. Very well done. Would highly recommend. -
Christian Hutchins
Another home run!
CM continues to crush it with the available online learning! I signed up in advance for the K9 class due to a GSD (Fenrir) who plays pretty hard. Plus adding more arrows to my quiver is something I enjoy. This class was even more than I thought it would be and included advanced techniques I will probably never get to employ but I'm glad I got to learn more about IO applications and surgical airways. Very well done with the 18D humor that is always on point and appreciated. Another great class team! Way to go. I will certainly recommend this content. I hope Diesel pulls through. -
Simon Cockram
Great to add to your toolbox of knowledge!
Overall excellent! Very well put together, to the point and easy to understand. There is a lot for human providers to learn here, or anyone with a canine, which skills and applications are the same? which are different? is well explained, even if you're not trained and able to do the more advanced interventions it gives you a great understanding so you could assist a provider who can. The only thing I would like to have seen covered was treatment for GDV (bloat), because of it's importance as many human providers may not be aware of it and it is many handlers worst fear, but then I am saying that from someone who has experienced it in my own dog, and my partner lost a dog to it, so I am looking at it from a different angle and not the training provider, plus the class is based on the premise that you are already human TECC or TCCC trained. There is still a lot to learn here and I recommend it to anyone, it's great to see the K9s being thought of as they too deserve the best care available when they need it, thanks to Crisis Medicine for thinking of them! Never stop learning! -
Spencer Ash
Extremely well done
This was my first course with Crisis Medicine and I've since signed up for others based this experience. This course really built upon TCCC/TECC foundations and applied them systematically to K9 casualty care in an engaging way that leveraged what is taught in human-focused courses. With the information presented here, and the sometimes unique applications to K9s, I now feel much more confident taking the dog into the field and knowing that it will have the greatest chance at coming back, regardless of the circumstances. -
William Pearson
First Class!
The title is a pun(my deepest apologies;). K9TC2 is my first class with Crisis Medicine and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Clear, concise, and on par with or better than any prior training I have ever received. As a police officer/EMT/hazmat tech, I have done a TON of death by PowerPoint, including Federal PowerPoint, which should be banned by the Geneva Convention. CM not only informed but entertained. Dr. S. made the topic relatable and interesting without bogging in minutia. I look forward to taking more CM classes, and so should you.
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Excellent and informative. Knowing what works is great, knowing what won’t work is imperative.