Basic Equine Rescue Training
Basic horse awareness and overview of emergency response for equine accidents.
Equine Rescue Training
Basic Equine Awareness and Rescue (BEAR) is an 8-hour awareness level course that prodives basic horse awareness and emergency response for equine accidents.
Incidents that involve horses require specialized training, and the Basic Equine Awareness and Rescue class provides this through both hands-on and classroom instruction. The BEAR class includes practicing rescue scenarios, use of lift mechanisms and an equine sling and the use of a life-sized, weighted horse mannequin with articulating limbs.
BEAR Course Topics Include
- Characteristics of horses in stressful environments
- Restraint and containment of equines
- Roles of the horse owner, veterinarian and law enforcement officers
- Use of large animal sling lifts
- Ropes, knots and rope systems
- Types of accidents and incidents including trailer accidents, horse barn fires and horses stuck in mud or off an embankment
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