We hope that you will never need to perform cardiorespiratory resuscitation maneuvers for your patient.
However, we believe it is important to know what to do in case of an emergency and until there is a Veterinary to take care of your dog.
If you already know how to perform cardiorespiratory resuscitation in a human being, then many of the steps described below will be familiar to you.
Cardiorespiratory resuscitation, for both humans and dogs, involves chest compressions with one hand on the other, while pressing the chest.
However, for our four legs, there are some minor differences in the way the maneuver is performed. In fact, if performed with the same force as for a human being, the maneuver could be more harmful than beneficial.
For this reason, we then publish an infographic guide, step-by-step, on how to perform cardiorespiratory resuscitation to your dog (the guide is the author of Carrington’s veterinary technician program).
