MEDICINE I: DRUGS, DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, AND DISASTERS
Fig. 12. Left photo—A realistic RequipTM mannequin is used to demonstrate the forward assist simple configuration placement of looped end webbing while the animal’s hind end is trapped in mud. Right—Mannequin in mud is haltered, head protected, and given buoyancy (pool noodles under the chin or head are effective), while another team prepares the employ of a Nicopolous needle to place a pilot line and then webbing in a simple configuration around the animal’s body. Photo courtesy Dr. Rebecca Husted.
Fig. 13. AWidener/Swiss seat configuration of the forward assist using webbing is utilized to pull this mare trapped in mud and reeds next to the Deschutes River (water temperature 55°F) in August 2020. The operations person in the left photo is directing the haul by 12 personnel to assist the horse forward. In the right photo, the horse is standing immediately after extrication and is being evaluated by Dr. Cassee Terry. It has on aHäst Becker head protector.a Photos courtesyMustangs to the Rescue TLAER team, Bend, OR.
Special Concerns Special to Technical Extrication in Mud Scenarios
Older animals, animals possibly enduring a laminitis episode, or similarly sensitive animals should be eval- uated for preexisting conditions for which the animal was “self-medicating” by stepping into the cool mud willingly and then becoming unable to extricate itself.
effects an efficient rescue and an on-scene veterinar- ian treats the animal immediately, the animal can still die.7 Failing to treat equines for crush syndrome and accidental hypothermia in cold or wet situations immediately after the extrication is a common cause of death. Recumbent animals entrapped in mud sce- narios are subject to abnormal orientation, shock,
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