MERS responds on 31st call out in 2011 for horse trapped between 2 stalls

Updated at August 23, 2011 23:21

MERS received a call @ 6:40pm through a veterinarian to respond to the Dittmer, Mo. area for a horse that became trapped inbetween two stalls. It was theorized that when the horse tried to get up, he kept hitting his head & body on the overhead board, and then gave up. When MERS arrived, we immediately put the MERS Head Protector on the horse. Using our special Bill Hook, we then placed one long webbing around the horse’s girth area, and then one just in front of the hind legs. We then used two pieces of webbing to tuck the horses legs up. In order to get this horse out in a safe manner for the horse and the rescuers, we first performed the sideways drag to remove the hind legs from the post area. We then were able to remove the horse from under the boards. In order to do this, we had to keep 2 MERS members on the horses head the entire time to prevent the horse from getting up during this process, and injuring himself. Once we had the horse safely away from the boards, we were able to quickly get the horse up and standing.

We then performed vitals on the horse, and when they did not come back 100% positive, we contacted the veterinarian for his estimated time of arrival. We continued walking the horse awaiting for the veterinarians arrival. As we departed, the horse appeared to be recovering very well.

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