So, kind of found a 'Hole in our Preps', this weekend, relative to Family-Pet First Aid, and thought I'd share the 'patch'.
We're Very-well prepped for a Wide-variety of Emergency Medical Care / 'First Aid' - for us 'Bipedals'
Even including 'Advanced' Dental Emergencies / Repairs / Cleaning, etc.. But, for our Pets, well.. Reasonably-well prepped for any 'Large-Trauma' incidents, ie: non-fatal GSW / injured Leg(s) / Lacerations / Wounds from a 'fight' with another animal, etc, but..
..The 'hole' I found was more along the lines of Information / Documentation, for the 'Little stuff that Could become Big / Life-threatening. I guess it could be labeled as a 'normalcy bias blind-spot'..
(thinking: 'Oh, for something like that, we'll just Call the vet / ask'.. Yah - a lot of good that "solution" will do with No Cel-service / Vets avail TO answer the call, DerpJer.. ![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
..And, further, for the Others in our Fam / MAG... I mean - I may Know 'what to Do' for several-types of trauma / injuries, etc for our Dogs, but.. That knowledge doesn't do anyone Else in the Fam, et al, Any good, if I'm not around / reachable by cel. Thus, the 'hole' was having whatever info I Did have DL'd, in a Referenceable / Searchable - and 'digestible' - format for the Others in our Fam / MAG, etc for Our Dogs.
The 'hole' was revealed, when I discovered that I did Not have much of anything 'DL'd for the Particular problem that came up yesterday: Some kind of allergic reaction to (???) in one of our Dogs, that started as a few hives on his flanks - but within a couple hours turned into a Totally-ballooned face / body-wide hives presentation, and I was even concerned (initially) that it might have been devolving towards anaphylaxis...![Oops! :oops: :oops:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
..But, once I ruled that out (vitals / examination / his behavior, etc) I had to search-up - Online - the correct Dosing (for his weight) of 'Benadryl', and then get that going into him. Turns out - Whatever the reaction 'was To' - the Diphenhydramine pretty much 'cured it', but.. That result took a good few Hours / close observation to 'pronounce him OK', so.. Emphasized to Me that - yep - that's an 'Info Hole to Patch, ASAP'. SO....
Found this as an Excellent Online resource: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/
Totally Searchable, and has a Lot of the info presented in 'Two Levels' - the 'Everyday Pet-Owner-Language' level, and the 'Professional-Care Provider / Vet' level, with more technical / deeper biological / interconnecting-info, etc.
..AND, for those with a 'smartphone', it's available as an App (I DL'd / installed it on my iPhone - works Great..
Just use "Merck Vet Manual" as the search term, in your favorite 'App Store', etc..
I Also found an OCR'd PDF of it, online, here: https://vetbooks.ir/the-merck-veterinary-manual-11th-edition/ (And Yeah, that's .ir as-in Iran..![Oops! :oops: :oops:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Now, I was a Bit 'apprehensive' about clicking Anything on that site (though, there's a TON of Really helpful / legit Vet-Books, DL'able, therein at the 'Home' level: https://vetbooks.ir/ ..but, I reasoned: a) We're not at "official War" with them, yet..
And, b) I mean, 'Docs are Docs / Vets are Vets, the World-over', so.. I went ahead and DL'd the Full PDF (a 3,300 Pager - I'd 'Upload, Here', but it's Over 200 mB!) and vetted it, and It's 'legit' (comparing it to Online 'previews' of the Most Current Edition (11th) so I trust recommending it.
Nonetheless, for those who don't feel 'comfy' DL'ing from That .ir Site, I've put it up, Here, for any who wish to DL the Full PDF: https://we.tl/t-ZkgDPtdF0G ..but Note that this Link will be good for 7 days, only, then will Expire.. So, giddy-up, if ya want it.![Thumbs up :thumbsup: 👍](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png)
That said, the Online-version (and the 'App') Are really helpful / util, as-is, etc, but.. Personally, I like having things Offline as-well, for, well.. 'MadMax Werld' reasons.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Fwiw, but it sure Helped Us, and now a Very-Important 'Info-Gap / Hole' is patched in Our Family Preps.![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
jd
We're Very-well prepped for a Wide-variety of Emergency Medical Care / 'First Aid' - for us 'Bipedals'
..The 'hole' I found was more along the lines of Information / Documentation, for the 'Little stuff that Could become Big / Life-threatening. I guess it could be labeled as a 'normalcy bias blind-spot'..
![Thinking face :thinking: 🤔](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
..And, further, for the Others in our Fam / MAG... I mean - I may Know 'what to Do' for several-types of trauma / injuries, etc for our Dogs, but.. That knowledge doesn't do anyone Else in the Fam, et al, Any good, if I'm not around / reachable by cel. Thus, the 'hole' was having whatever info I Did have DL'd, in a Referenceable / Searchable - and 'digestible' - format for the Others in our Fam / MAG, etc for Our Dogs.
The 'hole' was revealed, when I discovered that I did Not have much of anything 'DL'd for the Particular problem that came up yesterday: Some kind of allergic reaction to (???) in one of our Dogs, that started as a few hives on his flanks - but within a couple hours turned into a Totally-ballooned face / body-wide hives presentation, and I was even concerned (initially) that it might have been devolving towards anaphylaxis...
..But, once I ruled that out (vitals / examination / his behavior, etc) I had to search-up - Online - the correct Dosing (for his weight) of 'Benadryl', and then get that going into him. Turns out - Whatever the reaction 'was To' - the Diphenhydramine pretty much 'cured it', but.. That result took a good few Hours / close observation to 'pronounce him OK', so.. Emphasized to Me that - yep - that's an 'Info Hole to Patch, ASAP'. SO....
Found this as an Excellent Online resource: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/
..AND, for those with a 'smartphone', it's available as an App (I DL'd / installed it on my iPhone - works Great..
I Also found an OCR'd PDF of it, online, here: https://vetbooks.ir/the-merck-veterinary-manual-11th-edition/ (And Yeah, that's .ir as-in Iran..
Now, I was a Bit 'apprehensive' about clicking Anything on that site (though, there's a TON of Really helpful / legit Vet-Books, DL'able, therein at the 'Home' level: https://vetbooks.ir/ ..but, I reasoned: a) We're not at "official War" with them, yet..
Nonetheless, for those who don't feel 'comfy' DL'ing from That .ir Site, I've put it up, Here, for any who wish to DL the Full PDF: https://we.tl/t-ZkgDPtdF0G ..but Note that this Link will be good for 7 days, only, then will Expire.. So, giddy-up, if ya want it.
![Thumbs up :thumbsup: 👍](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png)
That said, the Online-version (and the 'App') Are really helpful / util, as-is, etc, but.. Personally, I like having things Offline as-well, for, well.. 'MadMax Werld' reasons.
Fwiw, but it sure Helped Us, and now a Very-Important 'Info-Gap / Hole' is patched in Our Family Preps.
jd