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- Title
Trauma Management of Military Working Dogs.
- Authors
Lagutchik, Michael; Baker, Janice; Balser, John; Burghardt, Walter; Enroth, Matthew; Flournoy, Shannon; Giles, James; Grimm, Patrick; Hiniker, Jennifer; Johnson, Jacob; Mann, Kelly; Takara, Matt; Thomas, Todd
- Abstract
There are about 2,500 war and military service dogs in service, with about 700 serving at any given time overseas. Military Working Dogs (MWDs) are critical assets for military police, special operations units, and others operating in today's combat environment. The expectation, given the significant combat multiplier impact of these dogs and the intense bond between the handler and dog, is that injured working dogs will receive the same level of care as any injured U.S. military personnel. Veterinary care is available at multiple locations throughout theater, and the veterinary healthcare team is the MWD's primary provider. Yet, human healthcare providers (HCPs) may be the only medical personnel available to MWDs that are gravely ill or injured. As most HCPs are unfamiliar with medical care of dogs, the Joint Trauma System published a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG), a set of detailed clinical guidelines for managing life-threatening problems of MWDs encountered in combat operations. The CPG is available at the JTS website. This article is covers the most common urgent MWD care challenges HCPs may face.
- Subjects
WORKING dogs; WAR wounds; VETERINARY medicine; AMERICAN military personnel; CARDIAC resuscitation; BLUNT trauma
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2018, Vol 183, p180
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/milmed/usy119