Course Highlights
- Price: Guaranteed Low Price
- Level: Level 3 CPD Award
- Course Type: 100% Online Course
- Syllabus: 6 course modules
- Duration: 12 hours, guided
- Exams: Yes, included
- Accreditation: CPD Certification
- Certificate: Digital PDF Certificate included, optional Hard Copies £9.99
- Tutor Support: Support included
- Access: 12 Months, 24/7 Unlimited
- Compatibility: Any Browser Device
Course Overview
The online Pet First Aid Course from Oplex Careers aims to provide great insight into the skills and knowledge surrounding administering effective CPR for pets and animals, discussing CPR, first aid, dealing with injuries and more.
The online Pet First Aid Course will provide learners with a good insight into preparing for emergencies, whether minor or major, the first aid methods and procedures, and CPR technique. This course will discuss the key skills related to providing effective first aid for your pet, dealing with allergies, CPR techniques and more. This course will provide a great insight into working with pets using practical examples throughout the course. Whether working in this field already, you want to get started working with animals, or just interested in this field of study, this course will cover a range of modules and provide multiple examples for assessment.
The Pet First Aid Course is divided into 6 carefully selected modules making it easy to follow along in your own time and at your own pace.
You’ll have 24/7 access to the online course materials, assessment test, online exams, introductory video tutorial, study resources and our amazing student support services.
Enrolling on the Level 3 Pet First Aid Course is easy, just click to ‘Add to Basket’ button to start your learning journey.
Course Syllabus
As part of the Pet First Aid Course students will learn:
In this module of the course we will cover:
- First aid equipment
- Registering with a vet
- Instructions to dog walkers
- Client’s instructions on the vet’s contract
- First aid practice
- How to use medication safely
- Speaking to a veterinary
- Medications which are safe for pets
- How to safely compel your pet to vomit
- How to induce sickness in a home situation
- Unconventional methods to avoid
In this module of the course we will cover:
- Minor situations compared to emergency situations
Assessing the victim - Fundamental emergency action strategy
- Actions to be taken for collapsed patients
- Stabilization
- ABC
- Loss of blood
Warmth - Broken legs
- How to restrain animals and prevents them from biting
- How to hold patients that are in pain
- Move out of harm’s way/stabilization
- Call for assistance
In this module of the course we will cover:
- Definition of shock
- Shock treatment
- How to detect shock in your pet or animal
- How to treat shock
- Controlling loss of blood
- Pressure bandages
- Wound cleaning
- Cleaning of bite wounds
- Basic nursing
- Bandaging
- Principles of bandaging
- Different techniques of bandaging
- Bandaging a victim’s paw
- Limb bandaging
- Splinting a limb
- Bandaging a tail
- Bandaging an animal’s ear
- Bandaging the pet’s body
- How to make effective improvised dressings
In this module of the course we will cover:
- Definition of CPR
- When to administer CPR
- Respiratory arrest
- Assessing breathing in animals
- Examining airway obstruction
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- Artificial respiration in animals
- How to administer artificial respiration
- Cardiac arrest in animals
- Assessing heartbeat
- Chest compressions
In this module of the course we will cover:
- Definition of abscess
- Emergency treatment action
- Reaction to allergens
- What is the response to allergens?
- Emergency treatment action
- Severe reaction to allergens (anaphylaxis)
- Loss of consciousness
In this module of the course we will cover:
- Eye contamination
- High body temperature
- Food poisoning
- Breakage
- Overheating
- Blood blister
- Trouble spots
- Low body temperature
- Bug sting
- Neck ache
- Poisonous substances
- Stings from a scorpion
- Spasms
- Shock
- Skin contaminations
The final assessment test is an online interactive examination containing 50 questions to be completed within a 60 minute time frame.
The final assessment will contain questions from all modules and topics covered within the course.
The results from the final assessment test will count 100% towards the final grade for the course.
The results are instantaneous so learners will be informed straight away as to how they have performed on the assessment.
If for any reason you don’t pass first time around you have unlimited exam retakes.
Accreditation for Pet First Aid
Upon successful completion of this Pet First Aid Course student will be awarded with a CPD Accredited Certification in:
Level 3 CPD Award in Pet First Aid
Here at Oplex Careers we are an accredited CPD training provider and your certificate will include the recognised CPD stamp from our awarding organisation.
The CPD certificate will showcase your achievement in this course and provide proof to any future employers or academic institutions that you have gained the skills from this course and are now certified.
Certificate
On successful completion of this Level 3 Pet First Aid Course you will receive your CPD Certificate.
You can add the certification to your CV and include it as part of your portfolio of evidence.
The certificate will include the course you have undertaken, the grade you have achieved, your full name, date of completion, and a certificate verification number.
This certificate will be produced in Digital PDF format, hard copies of the certificate will be available at an additional fee of £9.99.
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