![]() ![]() When working around these animals it’s important to stay out of potential danger zones around the horse’s head and front legs, and around his hindquarters, in case he strikes out or thrashes in panic. One of the first concepts covered in the course was large animal (horses, cows, etc.) behaviour. Two horses trained specifically for the TLAER™ course, Karma and Torque, were used during the afternoon sessions to demonstrate some rescue scenarios, techniques, and equipment such as rescue glides, slings, and the Nikopolous Needle, which is used to infuse air or water into mud where a large animal is stuck to break up the suction and help free it. Lectures included a wealth of stories and pictures describing rescues gone wrong and rescues performed correctly. The three day course involved classroom lectures in the morning with hands-on simulated rescue scenarios in the afternoon. On the other hand, participants without emergency responder training, but with horse experience, were able to share their knowledge of how the animal may react in an emergency situation. This is a unified system that helps bring order to what are frequently extremely disorganized emergency situations by establishing a chain of command and streamlining the efforts of everyone involved toward the common goal of rescuing the animals while keeping the people safe. The first responders were knowledgeable about how to deal with an emergency situation and institute the Incident Command System. It was a great mix of people, all of whom contributed diverse perspectives. The course drew 75 people of different backgrounds from all over Canada, from veterinarians and vet technicians, to first responders, firefighters, and police, industry professionals, and avid horse owners. Tomas and Rebecca Gimenez and hosted by the Atlantic Veterinary College, in Charlottetown, PEI, in early July 2012 learned how to better prepare themselves for everything from small scale emergencies, such as freeing a large animal stuck in mud, to larger scale emergency situations and natural disasters. ![]() Could you save your horse if your trailer overturned on the highway? How about if he was stuck in a ditch? Would you know what to do in a barn fire? Course participants at the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER™) course, taught by Drs. ![]()
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