MERS Responds to Draft Horse Down

Updated at March 25, 2010 12:41

On Wednesday, March 24th, 2010, MERS responded to their 6th call of the year for a Draft Horse, estimated to weigh approximately 2,200lbs.,that was down in a field, and could not get up. We requested that the owner have a veterinarian meet us at the location. Upon our arrival, the veterinarian had just shown up, and had completed some evaluations. We securely packaged the the incumbent horse onto our Rescue Glide, and transported the horse out approximately 1/2 mile to the closest road, where we had already procured a boom truck. We then released our equipment from the horse, placed our raising equipment on the horse, and along with the boom truck, lifted the horse up into a horizontal position. After several minutes of rubbing the horses muscles and continued evaluation, the exhausted horse was able to stand on her own. After several minutes, and with instructions from the veterinarian, we released the horse from all of our equipment, and walked the horse over approximately 1/4 mile to the owners barn, and into an awaiting stall. The veterinarian has given the horse a good prognosis for a full recovery, and has scheduled a follow up visit.M ERS responded @ 4:50pm, and arrived back home @ 11:30pm, traveling 96 miles round trip. (A special thanks to Keith Collier of Wright City for his time and use of his boom truck)

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