MERS-Horse Down in Frozen Pasture-December 20, 2009

Updated at December 20, 2009 11:06

MERS received a call @ 12:18am for a horse that was down in a frozen pasture. It was not known what caused the horse to go down, so we requested that a veterinarina respond as well. Upon our arrival, it was told to us that the horse had been down for approximately one hour prior to our call. MERS arrived on the scene at 1:38am.The outside temperature was 27 degrees, and the ground was frozen. We placed our head protector on the down horse. Using our long webbing, and placing it under the horse’s torso using our Bill Hook, we were able to get the horse up and standing. We then blanketed the horse, and took vitals. We were advised that the veterinarian was still about 2 hours out, and was working another emergency. We walked the horse out for a short amount of time, and it became obvious that the horse just wanted to rest. We allowed the horse to lay down, kept the horse blanketed, and placed our torpedo heater close by to keep the horse warm. We stayed on the scene until the veterinarian arrived. We responded to this call @ 12:18am, and arrived back to home base @ 5:00am.

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