Advanced Equine First Aid
Regular & Remote Version available
A course by Equi-First Aid USA
Equine Health & Emergency First Aid completion required
What to expect
In Person learning
This class is offered in-person to give the learner the opportunity to practice with the instructors guidance.
Small groups
Classes are usually kept at no more than 20 students to allow for personal attention to everybody’s needs.
The emergency scenarios are practiced in groups of no more than 4 students per horse.
Hands on practice
In this class we assess horses for health & work looking at different aspects and participants practice the proper first aid response for several scenarios.
comprehensive theory session
The theoretical part of the class is held classroom style.
Questions are not only welcome, but encouraged!
manual and certification
All participants receive first aid manual with everything they learn in the class.
The certificate is valid for 3 years.
Follow up
After the class each student receives a follow up email with helpful information, and printables.
I also offer bi-annual virtual Q&A’s via Microsoft Teams.
Curriculum*
Theory
Emergency preparedness for travel, trail and more.
Trail planning (Wilderness only)
Arena safety (Indoor only)
Toxic plants
Assessing horses for health & work
Horse behavior, vision, danger zones and how they impact emergencies
Responding to severe wounds like gut wounds, punctured lungs and foreign bodies
Burns, bites & stings
Fractures, tendon & ligament injuries
Exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration
Hyper/Hypothermia
Trapped Horse
Euthanasia
Administration of medication (Indoor only)
Emergency halter (Wilderness only)
Practice
Assessing horses for health & work (weight, body condition, general condition, conformation, movement, behavior, health)
Stabilizing a suspected fracture
Dealing with foreign bodies / impalement injuries
Rigging a trapped horse
Responding to burns, belly wounds, sucking chest wounds, degloving, ear injuries, exposed bone, shoulder injuries, broken ribs
All scenarios can be repeated multiple times if desired.
FAQs
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Generally speaking NO. The classes build on each other and there is no time to go back and repeat what we learned in the Standard First Aid class.
However - it is possible to get an exemption on a case by case basis in rare instances.
I still recommend to take both as even experienced horse people were surprised at how much they learned in the Standard First Aid class
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As both classes are very similar it only makes a difference for riders who go on remote trail rides or never trail ride.
For everyone else it depends on whether you are more interested in learning a little more about trail planning or arena safety.
Upcoming Dates
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*As all classes are frequently reviewed and updated, curriculum is subject to change.