Dilatant: Saving your pet with CPR  With pets increasingly being  Check for breathing and pulse  treated like a member of the  Check pulse using middle and index finger  Areas to check  family, many owners are learning  for below the wrist, inner thigh (femoral artery,  pulse below the ankle or  where left elbow touches  emergency techniques like CPR  to keep their pet alive before  the chest.  bringing it to a  Look for other  If there is no breathing and no  warning signs  pulse, begin CPR immediately.  Gums and lips will appear  gray-colored.  Pupils will be dilated and  Gums not responsive to light.  Pupils  If not breathing, give  breath to animal  Cats and small dogs  Place your mouth over its nose  and mouth to blow air in.  Medium-large dogs  Place your mouth over its nose.  to blow air in  Heimlich maneuver  breath won't go in, airway may be blocked.  Turn dog upside down, with its back against  your chest. Wrap your arms around the dog  and clasp your hands together just below its  rib cage (since you're holding the dog upside  down, it's above the rib cage, in the  abdomen). Using both arms, give five sharp thrusts  to the abdomen. Then check its mouth or airway for the  object, you see it, remove it and give two more  rescue breaths,  Start compressions if no pulse  Compressions  Lay animal on right side and place hand over ribs  Compress  per breath  where its elbow touches the chest. Begin  Animal size  of chest  compressions. Do not give compression  Catsman dog (Under 30 lbs) 1/2.1 inch  dog has pulse.  Medium large dog (30-90 lbs) 1-3inches 5  Giant dog (over 90 lbs) 1-3 inches  10  Repeat  Check pulse after 1 minute  Continue giving CPR until the  Stop CPR  procedure and then every few minutes,  animal has a pulse and is breathing. after 20 minutes,  SOURCE American Red Cross How to save your pet's life
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