Welcome to Essential First Aid Plus
Could you confidently help your horse, dog or cat in a medical emergency?
At Essential First Aid Plus, we believe that knowing what to do to help save your pet in an emergency is of utmost importance. That's why we offer a variety of equine, canine and feline first aid courses from kids courses to advanced courses.
Sheila McNaughton is a certified Equi-Health Canada, Canine Health Canada and Feline Health Canada first aid instructor.
Sheila has always loved helping animals and working with people. She has an extensive background in many equestrian fields including a graduate of Seneca College Harness Horse Industry Operations.
Sheila has experience working with Standardbred racehorses, managed show barns, boarding stables and ran her own boarding stable.
She is passionate in teaching equine first aid to her students and empowering them to be confident in any equine emergency.
As a dog owner and lover, Sheila feels canine first aid is something every dog owner should know. She will teach you the skills to help save your dog in an emergency.
Cats are also no strangers for getting themselves into trouble. Sheila has owned several cats and knows the importance of having the knowledge and skills to face an emergency with your cat.
If you own a horse, dog or cat, its not IF but WHEN you will be faced with an emergency.
Canine First Aid
Canine Health and Emergency First Aid
The most comprehensive course available! We teach prevention - like knowing which house plants are toxic to your dog and what people medicines they can NEVER have. We cover basic nutrition, exercise and dental care needs. We teach you about digestive emergencies and how to deal with them.
You get to practice making your own Elizabethan collar and emergency muzzle (even the most docile dogs can act aggressively when they're injured or scared)
Plus we teach you how to handle the scary stuff, like your dog's heart stops, they have something lodged in their throat, can't breathe, gotten into poison, or have a terrible accident and needs to be stabilized for safe transport to the vet.
You will learn and practice a number of different hands on scenarios so when an emergency happens muscle memory kicks in and you'll be able to help your dog in their moment of need.
Canine Health and Emergency First Aid for Working Service and Therapy Dogs
This course is a close version of our canine health and emergency first aid program, with added components focused on the working service and therapy dog.
From CPR and mouth to nose resuscitation, to poisons and toxins exposure, splinting fractures, dealing with a choking dog (3 methods), digestive emergencies, environmental hazards, and tons more.
You will learn and practice a number of different hands-on scenarios - so when an emergency happens muscle memory kicks in and you will be able to help your dog in their moment of need.
You earn your paper certificate as well as your wallet CPR card -so you can help not only your service or therapy dog, but any dog in distress!.
Advanced Canine Emergency First Aid
Sometimes you're hiking or camping with your dog, or maybe you live hours from veterinary care. This advanced class will give you the tools to be your canine's first responder. From avulsion to broken bones, blue-green algae and other environmental hazards, coonhound paralysis and single-handler canine extraction, we cover the most extreme situations where your dog requires your immediate intervention for survival.
First Aid Fundamentals
We want to reach all dog owners and know some of you cannot attend an in-person class due to remote locations, international students, and students who are under gathering restrictions.
With the half-day fundamentals program, you will learn via live-stream interactive video.
Your instructor will take you through all the essentials - from health and prevention, to bandaging and stabilizing, to poisons, household dangers and more.
You can learn from the comfort of you own home and know that you have the skills to help you dog in and emergency.
I Can Help Dog - Dog Safety & First Aid for Kids
Do you have a dog-crazy kiddo who would love to learn how to better care for their furry friend?
Our hands on dog safety and first aid for kids is a 3-hour class where kids learn safety around dogs, dog body language, basic food, water, exercise and grooming needs, how to recognize when the dog isn't feeling well, how to bandage a paw, head and leg, and what to have in their first aid kit.
Working K-9
K-9 Working Dog Emergency First Aid Response
This course is for working K9s -police, military, search and rescue, fire, airport security, cadaver dogs and protection dogs.
In this course you will learn CPR & resuscitation. In addition you will learn hands on skills in cases of blunt force trauma, stabbing/gunshot, hyper/hypothermia, blistering agents, narcotics, tear gas, choking - abdominal thrust, single handler K9 extraction, stabilizing for transport, fractures & breaks, on the job hazards, administering meds and more!!
In addition we cover some topics such as feeding and watering for long transport and related digestive issues.
Additional Skills
- Handler roles & responsibilities
- Choking: XXT, endotracheal intubation
- Wounds: torn claw, bleeding pads, degloving, lacerations, distraction injuries and more!
- Tourniquet, unconscious K9
Feline First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
WHY TAKE THE COURSE?
We believe all cat owners should have their first aid certification, in order to be fully prepared to identify any problem, and to assist their cat in their time of need, while waiting to see a veterinarian. Less than 2% of all cat owners know feline CPR, and even less feel confident to identify toxic items in their homes, cat safe medications or early signs and symptoms of disease.
Feline Emergency First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
Cats are unique and wonderful creatures, with unique and often complex medical needs. Our feline friends are masters at hiding pain and discomfort. Often we find our cats in advanced stages of disease or health conditions before we realize something is wrong!
We want you to be the best prepared for your best feline family friend.
Feline Emergency First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
Feline Emergency First Aid
OUR COURSE INCLUDES
Cat body language and behaviours, pain source identification, safe kitty handling and restraint, vital signs, CPR, frostbite, UTI, broken tail and limbs, feline diabetes, essential oils, medications, toxic plants and poisoning, high rise syndrome, abscesses, dental issues, lacerations, back injuries and much more.
We will help you to learn to be their first responder.
Disaster Planning Courses
Essentials In Emergency Preparedness For The Horse & Livestock Owner
Essentials In Emergency Preparedness For The Horse & Livestock Owner
Essentials In Emergency Preparedness For The Horse & Livestock Owner
This 2 hour course covers what you need to know in event of natural disaster from forest fires to severe storms. We cover understanding evacuation orders & laws, planning to shelter in place, pre-planning your evacuation, training for evacuation, safe handling & transport, health records, and shock & first aid emergencies.
Disaster Planning For Pet Owners
Essentials In Emergency Preparedness For The Horse & Livestock Owner
Essentials In Emergency Preparedness For The Horse & Livestock Owner
This 2 hour course is designed for pet owners in natural disaster situations. You will learn topics such as understanding evacuation orders & laws, planning to shelter in place, pre-planning your evacuation, pet "go bags", training for evacuation, safe handling & transport, pet health records, and shock & first aid emergencies.
