June 8th, 2009-4 Year Old Pregnant Mare Down in Edwardsville, Illinois

Updated at June 09, 2009 12:44

 At the request of a veterinarian, MERS responded to a call at 12:28 pm for a 4 year old pregnant mare that was down. The incumbent horse had been being treated by the veterinarian for some time, and he was requesting that MERS rescue the horse out of the stall, and then get it transported to a veterinary hospital. Although MERS does not transport, we have a resource number for medical transportation that we call.

Upon our arrival, we immediately went to work placing our MERS Head Protector on the incumbent horse. We then placed our long webbing around the front torso of the horse, in order to do a forward assist onto the Rescue Glide. Once the horse was secure on the Rescue Glide, we then moved the horse onto the awaiting horse trailer. Within minutes, the horse was on her way to a veterinary hospital to be placed into an awaiting Anderson Sling.

We were advised that this horse may have one of four diseases. Although it was not confirmed at the time, we had to treat it as such, and had to decontaminate all of the equipment that we used with Rocal, and had to give our clothing special attention.

As of late that evening, the horse was reported to be resting in the Anderson Sling, and periodically standing on her own.

This was the 24th request for MERS services this year, and the 99th since January , 2006.

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