By Police1 Staff
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — K-9s hurt on the job will soon receive ambulance rides to a hospital.
The News-Gazette reported that Arrow Ambulance and the University of Illinois teamed up to provide ambulance rides to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Michael Smith, medical director of Carle Regional EMS and Arrow Ambulance, said University of Illinois veterinarians will train ambulance crew members in the basics of dog emergency medical response next month.
“We’ve always wanted to support the police dogs,” Dr. Smith said. “But you don’t want to step on the toes of veterinary medicine.”
Dr. Maureen McMichael will teach EMS providers the basics, including how to insert a breathing tube in a dog and how to administer naloxone to dogs.
Arrow Ambulance will offer care and transportation of the dogs for free.