Combat Gauze has been extensively used on humans and research animals, most of which were porcine models. Despite its recommendation for use in K9 TCCC / K9 TECC, there is very little published experience on its application in actual canines. …
If you work around operational K9s or have K9’s you worry about and you are already TECC/TCCC trained, which of your human skills are transferrable to a wounded dog? If you are a K9 handler, you need to take both K9 First Aid and K9 TECC/TCCC classes to be prepared to treat your K9 partner.
🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes In May, 2023 the Canine Combat Casualty Care Committee updated the K9 TCCC guidelines for the first time since 2019. Admittedly, the changes were fairly limited, mostly applicable to IV, medications, and to put the …