Life is full of accidents and no one can predict what will happen to you next. You may be hit by a moving car while crossing the street, or by a falling object. Before being taken to the hospital, emergency personnel will carry out emergency checks and bandages, and carry the patient to the ambulance. Do not underestimate these measures, it will directly affect the patient’s condition. Incorrect handling will only aggravate the patient’s condition. And I would like to discuss with you today on the topic of how to carry a cat after an injury, which is quite important.
How to carry out the cat injury? Incorrect posture, easy to cause secondary injuries
We can encounter such situations in our daily life, some stray cats are hit by vehicles or poked by sharp objects, and so on, and what we should do is to send them to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.
But before taking them to the hospital.A timely examination of the cat’s body is needed to determine which parts of the body are in trouble before carryingOtherwise, it is easy to cause secondary injuries. So how to properly carry it?
1. Two-handed handling
This type of handling is mainly suitable forCats with relatively minor injuries. We need to use both hands to hold the cat in our arms, and try to keep our hands still while carrying. But some people will ask, if they encounter a stray cat what should be done? Because stray cats are afraid of people, when they see strangers, out of instinctive reaction, they will scratch people, which will not only increase the difficulty of rescue, but also cause their condition to be more serious. We can put a layer of thick gloves on the hands or use a blanket for protection. InWhen approaching a stray cat, lower your body to reduce the cat’s fearThe movements should also be as soothing as possible, and talk to them more to ease the cat’s fear.
When a cat is willing to be touched, we can gently stroke its head and back and pick them up when they have adjusted to your hands.When handling with bare hands, we need to pay attention to be sure to avoid the cat’s injuries, and then to steady, do not wobble, so the more likely to cause secondary injuries.
If the hospital is far away, we can put the injured cat in the box and find a companion to carry the box together and take the car to the hospital. During the car ride, control the box to reduce the damage to the cat caused by the car bumps.
2. Stretcher handling
If the cat’s condition is more serious, with fractures, cranial injuries, etc., it cannot be carried out with bare hands. WeSome stretcher is needed to fix the affected area of the cat and reduce the damage caused to them by handling.But the ready-made stretcher is certainly not, we can make our own simple stretcher.
Materials such as bamboo poles and sticks can be used as shelves, and quilts, clothes, cardboard, etc. can be placed and fixed in the middle of the shelf. If the cat has a fractured spine and other conditions, we should not pull vigorously.
We can putWith one hand under the cat’s chest and the other under the hips.The cat was then carefully transferred to a stretcher made of cardboard and secured with a rope. Then rush to the hospital. In the case of nasal bleeding and other conditions, the cat should first be cleaned out of foreign bodies so that it can breathe smoothly, and both sides of the head need to be fixed.
On the way to take the cat to the hospital, we alsoPay attention to the cat’s condition and record the changes in the cat’s condition, such as the heart rate, breathing, bleeding, vomit, etc. These can help the doctor to grasp the cat’s condition as soon as possible and make a timely diagnosis, thus increasing the chances of the cat’s survival.
Accidents are inevitable, but what we can do is to carry out timely and correct first aid, so as to save a cat’s life, I hope that after reading this article, when it comes to a similar situation, not to mess up, not only can not help, but to aggravate the cat’s condition, which is not worth the loss!
