Top ER Veterinarian Shares the ABCs on Performing Pet CPR
There are new guidelines on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on cats and dogs. On the Oh Behave show, Dr. Dan Fletcher, DMV, board-certified in critical care and emergency medicine at Cornell University, shares the new techniques approved by the RECOVER committee. Tune in as he explains the techniques that could possibly save your pet's life. Oh Behave host Arden Moore is a world-recognized master pet first aid/CPR instructor who is the founder of Pet First Aid 4U.
Learn more about the CPR updates by visiting recoverinitiative.org and sign up for a veterinarian-approved pet first aid class at www.petfirstaid4u.com.
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BIO:
Dr. Fletcher has been on the faculty of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine since 2006. After receiving a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of California Berkeley/San Francisco, he obtained his DVM from the University of California at Davis. He then completed a rotating internship and emergency and critical care residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He has received multiple teaching awards, including the 2020 Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award and is co-chair of the RECOVER Initiative, which published the first evidence-based veterinary CPR guidelines. His research interests include disorders of fibrinolysis, epilepsy, and the use of immersive simulation in teaching. He has been building simulators for veterinary education since 2009 and opened the Tetlow and Roy Park Innovation Lab, an immersive simulation center at Cornell in the fall of 2015.
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