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Emergency Horse Rescue Course Online
05/06/2010 - By HorseCoursesOnline.com
Do you know what to do and how to do it when a horse is entrapped?
Horses get stuck in pools, ravines, trees and fences. Knowing what to do and how to do it may just save your horse's life.
Horses fall into wells, pools and canyons, get legs stuck in low tree branches and can be trapped in barn fires and trailer accidents. If there is a way for a horse to become entrapped or injured, he’ll find it.
So, knowing what to do and how to do it may just save your horse’s life!
The best chance a horse has for survival is when someone who understands large animal rescue is there to help. And that someone may just be you.
Equine Safety and Rescue is www.HorseCoursesOnline.com’s newest equine study course. Michelle S. Staples, a horse safety specialist and author of Save Your Horse!—A Horse Owner’s Guide to Large Animal Rescue is the instructor for the seven-lesson course designed for any horse lover interested in being prepared for equine emergencies and learning to remove a horse from a life-threatening accident.
Equine Safety and Rescue teaches basic skills needed to ensure a horse gets the best and safest help possible, and examines in detail the two most dangerous areas – transporting horses in trailers and barn fires. In addition, the student will learn the correct protocol for dealing with emergency responders, most of whom will not have experience handling horses.
“It’s amazing how few fire fighters and police officers actually know how to handle a horse,” says Staples, “let along how to handle one that is entrapped and in need of emergency rescue.”
In addition to understanding what large animal rescue is and is not, the student will be prepared to interact with local emergency responders in an emergency and help them establish safe horse handling protocol.
Other lessons include safety at the scene of an accident, getting the horse out of trouble, barn fire safety, trailering safety and how to tie emergency harness and halters.
“It is unfortunate for horses that too few horse lovers actually know rescue procedures,” says Staples. “Students of Equine Safety and Rescue not only may save their horse’s life, but they can be instrumental in helping emergency responders gain the training they need to become effective and safe horse “life savers.”
For complete information on the course, visit www.horsecoursesonline.com and click on the course title: Equine Safety and Rescue.
