This course will prove useful for anyone involved with dogs, from those who own dogs to those working with them such as in the case of boarding kennels.
Course Modules:
Continued Health
- Health care, what to look for to check your dog is healthy or not
- Common disorders
- Nutritional disorders
- Other parasites you should be aware of
- Grooming equipment for specific coat types
- Basic First Aid
- Putting together a simple first aid kit
- The elderly dog, extra care and feeding
- Holidays: kennels/pet sitters
Principles of first aid (part 1)
- Accident prevention
- Outdoor basics
- Indoor basics
- Triage
- Objectives and rules of first aid
- Putting together a first aid kit
- Muzzles
- Restraining techniques
- Vital signs – Temperature, Pulse and Respiration
- Cleaning wounds
- Bandages
- How to bandage a foot
- How to bandage a tail
- How to bandage an ear
- Making a splint
- Transporting an injured dog
- Road traffic accident (RTA) and what to do
Principles of first aid (part 2)
- Specific situations of first aid
- Open wounds
- Closed wounds
- The various types of fractures and first aid action
- Haemorrhaging and the four main types of haemorrhaging
- Signs of haemorrhaging and first aid action
- Tourniquets
- Dislocations and first aid action
- Shock and first aid action
- Heat stroke and first aid action
- Cut paws
- Burns and scalds and first aid action
- Drowning and first aid action
- Foreign bodies in eyes, throat and mouth
- Insect stings and first aid action
- Poisoning and first aid action
- Convulsions and fits, causes and first aid action
Course Details:
Study Level 2
The study Level relates to the how demanding the course is. 1 is beginner and 5 is HND / Foundation Degree level.
4 Module Course
This course is delivered in 4 study modules which need to be passed to gain the qualification.
Fees: Including VAT
Course fee – R6500 (includes registration and 4 modules)
or
Pay as you learn option – R1750 registration (once off) and R1300 per module