What to do if dog shock?

What should I do if I get shocked in dogs? Unexpected shock in dogs is a clinical syndrome in which dogs are attacked by strong pathogenic factors, resulting in a sharp decrease in effective circulation and microcirculation blood flow disorders.

Dog shock is divided into: hypovolemic shock, septic shock, cardiogenic shock, anaphylactic shock and neuroshock.

The dog's shock is characterized by: rapid mental stagnation or irritability, physical weakness, cold limbs, wet and pale skin, thin and weak pulse and rapid blood pressure, and life-threatening failure to rescue in time can often endanger life.

1. Causes of dog shock

1. Hypovolume shock. Often due to large amounts of blood or loss of large amounts of body fluids. Such as trauma or heavy internal organ bleeding, rapid vomiting, diarrhea, etc., it will cause the capillaries to contract, expand, or arechemia and congestion.

2. Septic shock. Caused by viral and bacterial infections, such as toxic dysentery, sepsis, etc.

3. Cardiac shock. The most dramatic decrease in cardiac blood discharge is caused by acute myocardial infarction, severe arrhythmia, acute heart failure and acute myocarditis.

4. Allergic shock. It can cause instant death due to the allergic reaction of a canine body to a certain drug or substance such as penicillin, anti-toxic serum, etc.

5. Neurogenous shock. The disease occurs due to severe pain, spinal cord anesthesia accident, etc.

6. Traumatic shock. Often caused by fractures, severe lacerations, squeeze injuries, burns, etc.

2. First aid methods for dog shock

1. If dog shock is caused by traumatic blood loss and severe pain, the bleeding should be stopped urgently and the pain should be relieved appropriately. If there is a fracture, fix it first to prevent further damage.

2. Let the sick dog lie flat in the air circulation, raise the lower limbs, lower the head, and apply it to the head with cold water to facilitate venous blood reflux.

3. Ensure breathing. If breathing is weak, irregular or stops, untie the collar immediately, open the mouth, remove saliva, blood, vomit or any foreign objects in the mouth, and perform artificial respiration.

4. In case of pain, intramuscular injection of 50 mg of strong pain. If allergic, sensitizer should be stopped immediately. Intramuscular injection of 1 mg of epinephrine, 50 mg of promethazine, or 10 mg of dexamethasone should be rescued on the spot. In principle, cardiogenic shock cannot move, and the heart should be pressed externally and the doctor should be asked quickly; septic shock should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

5. Dogs with decreased body temperature should pay attention to keeping warm. They can use the method of raising room temperature or covering a quilt to keep warm, but they cannot use any form of local heating (such as hot water bags) to prevent the dilation of the skin blood vessels and reduce the blood perfusion of the living organs. People with high fever can use an ice bag or cold water to soak the towel on the head to help cool down.

6. If the pulse cannot be measured, the heartbeat can be detected directly from the left chest close to the back of the elbow. If there is no heartbeat, do a "cardiac massage", that is, squeeze the heart hard on the left chest near the back of the elbow, once a second. After the heartbeat recovers, perform artificial respiration.

7. After simple treatment, the sick dog should be sent to the dog disease hospital for diagnosis and treatment.