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The Applying First Aid To Injured Animals Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Risk of infection from animal
- allergic reactions
- 2. Positioning for treatment
- Biting or scratching by animal
- back injury from improper lifting
- 3. Assess the Injury
- Exposure to bloodborne pathogens
- physical harm from distressed animal
- 4. Cleaning the Wound
- Chemical exposure from cleaning substances
- risk of infection
- 5. Application of First Aid Treatment
- Drug/allergen exposure
- hurting animal while applying treatment
- 6. Safely Restraining the Animal
- Physical injury from uncooperative animal
- stress to the animal causing it to act out
- 7. Documenting and reporting the intervention
- Incomplete information leading to inappropriate follow up care
- legal implications
- 8. Disposing waste materials properly
- Infection from contaminated materials
- environmental hazards
- 9. Sterilization of equipment used
- Incomplete sterilisation leading to spread of infection
- 10. Follow-up Care
- Improper wound healing
- recurrence of problem due to incomplete initial treatment
- 11. Releasing the Animal
- Animal doesn't recover completely
- threats to other animals or humans if disease is still present
- 12. Monitoring the Animal Post-Treatment
- Stress to the animal post-treatment
- misinterpretation of animal's condition
- 13. Emergency procedures (if above steps failed)
- Inability to provide necessary care
- potential for injury or infection escalation
- 14. Debrief team post operation
- Missed opportunity for learning
- repetition of mistakes
- 15. Review and revise protocol if necessary
- Potential recurring hazards
- reputational risks due to inadequate handling