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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006Apartment fire forces out 14, plus kitty
Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this without having to log on. The caption under the photo says: "Atlanta firefighter Erika Loftman gives a cat mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The pet survived." http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0128firelines.html I'm going to try to find an address for her fire station and send her a thank you card. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this without > having to log on. The caption under the photo says: "Atlanta firefighter [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus After the thank you card Even better than that Julie start a petition to get those fire fighters the proper equipment for pet rescue > > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this without > > having to log on. The caption under the photo says: "Atlanta firefighter [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > After the thank you card Even better than that Julie start a petition to > get those fire fighters the proper equipment for pet rescue A pediatric mask works perfectly well on cats, and I've seen them used by EMS. If they aren't carrying pediatric masks, there is an even bigger problem. OTOH, a rescuer may make the decision to start rescue breathing before reaching the more sophisticated equipment. In humans, it's especially important to start airway and breathing measures with children, as most pediatric arrests are more likely airway than cardiac. I don't know if this would be true of cats, but I suspect so. >> > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this >> > without [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > pediatric arrests are more likely airway than cardiac. I don't know if > this would be true of cats, but I suspect so. I did not mean don't start cpr on the furball if necessary just that most rescue companies are just now starting to using pet rescue equipment over 65% don't have the proper equipment. Someone here in Florida started a petition to the state after a firefighter did the same thing as the picture. They started a petition to the state got almost 1/2 million signatures now the state is equipping the rescue companies with pet friendly equipment > >> > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this > >> > without [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > They started a petition to the state got almost 1/2 million signatures now > the state is equipping the rescue companies with pet friendly equipment I'm still confused about what rescue equipment would be unique to pets. The same laryngoscopes, other than size, are used when intubating a pet, a small child, or an adult human. For that matter, things are even turning around -- it's been impossible to do certain imaging studies (MRI, CT, SPECT) on morbidly obese humans. I'm aware of several hospitals that arrange to send those patients to a veterinary referral center that has horse-sized equipment. Howard they have respirator mask that are designed for animals other items such as the becker sling, the Defibrillator with pads designed for large and small animals most fire rescue companies do not have these on board these such items are what I am talking about >> > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this >> > without [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > pediatric arrests are more likely airway than cardiac. I don't know if > this would be true of cats, but I suspect so. It is amazingly easy to bring yourself to do rescue breathing on a cat. The desire to make something live in such a situation is strong. Reading about it make me remember Taffe our tiny toy poodle. I liked to say that I was there for her entire 17 year life. The first breath in her lungs came out of mine. There was really no question of being squeamish about it. She wasn't breathing but she wasn't dead either. It seemed like it took forever to get her started in life. Jo > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this without > having to log on. The caption under the photo says: "Atlanta firefighter [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus That's our kind of firefighter! Joy > Sometimes, I just really *like* hoomans. I hope you can see this without > having to log on. The caption under the photo says: "Atlanta firefighter > Erika Loftman gives a cat mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The pet survived." > http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0128firelines.html Great story! So glad that someone cared about the animal's life. Joyce
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