Dr. Julaine Hunter, DVM, of LazyPaw Animal Hospitals located at 7380 Stonebrook Parkway, Frisco, Texas 75034, recently attended the Conference on Integrating Veterinary Medicine and First Response: Large Animal Responders, held at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September 14-16, 2012.
Dr. Hunter participated in classroom sessions dealing with principles of safety when tending down, injured, trapped or loose horses, cattle, and wildlife. Techniques and equipment for capture and restraint of wounded animals were reviewed and demonstrated. Communications protocols, equine and wildlife behavior, as well as animal restraint and movement were discussed and demonstrated. Participants received instructions and hands-on experience in the proper techniques involved with an airlift rescue at TECityEX Disaster . (TEEX, the Texas Engineering Extension Service, is a member of The Texas A&M University System, offers hands-on, customized, first-responder training, homeland security exercises, technical assistance and technology transfer services impacting Texas and beyond. TEEX programs include fire services, homeland security, law enforcement, public works, safety and health, search and rescue, and economic development.)
Dr. Hunter will utilize her acquired knowledge to benefit her patients, clients and Frisco residents.
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