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First Aid for Horse and Rider

by Nancy S. Loving, Gilbert Preston
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Overview



Reach for this book when first-aid action is required for horses and their riders.
 
With simple language and a quick-access format, this book provides advice from both a DVM and an MD about handling all the common injuries and conditions that can arise when people and horses come together. It opens with an essential chapter on what to do when both horses and riders are injured. For horses, it covers animal/insect bites, wounds and bleeding, bone injuries, eye conditions, heat stress, allergic reactions, hoof problems, acute lameness, and more. For riders, it covers CPR, head injuries, lightning injuries, bone and joint injuries, and many other conditions.
 

First Aid for Horse and Rider is essential for every tack room and cantle-bag.

Synopsis



Reach for this book when first-aid action is required for horses and their riders.
 
With simple language and a quick-access format, this book provides advice from both a DVM and an MD about handling all the common injuries and conditions that can arise when people and horses come together. It opens with an essential chapter on what to do when both horses and riders are injured. For horses, it covers animal/insect bites, wounds and bleeding, bone injuries, eye conditions, heat stress, allergic reactions, hoof problems, acute lameness, and more. For riders, it covers CPR, head injuries, lightning injuries, bone and joint injuries, and many other conditions.
 

First Aid for Horse and Rider is essential for every tack room and cantle-bag.

About the Author, Nancy S. Loving


Nancy S. Loving, DVM, owns Loving Equine Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. She is the author of numerous books, and articles including All Horse Systems Go: The Horse Owner’s Full-Color Veterinary Care and Conditioning Resource for Modern Performance, Sport and Pleasure Horses.
 
Gilbert M. Preston, MD, is the author of the Falcon book Wilderness First Aid. He works in Butte, Montana.

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Book Details

Published
June 1, 2008
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781599212937

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