LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE SKULL SESSION
July 29

  JUMPER THAT DIDN'T QUITE JUMP

This problem is based on a real scenario and is presented for a "Skull Session" discussion in the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue Facebook Group.

Location

The incident has occurred in the suburban edge of a metropolitan area alongside a relatively busy secondary commute surface road.

Date and Time

About 7:30 AM on a commute weekday in the morning fog.

Incident Details

You receive a call from Animal Services to assist with a thoroughbred horse that for some reason spooked and tried to jump the entrance gate where she was stabled. Given the proximity of the road, the horse fortunately didn't clear the gate but is now stuck with her hind legs unable to quite reach the ground. The gate is welded and cannot simply be unbolted.

Equipment on-scene includes a dog catcher and highway patrol officer. Equipment enroute includes the local fire department's rescue unit.

Upon arrival you see the horse hung up on the gate, hind legs dangling, with her owner at her head keeping her calm.

The scene on your arrival.

Skull Session Questions

  1. What are your priorities?

  2. What are the safety issues?

  3. What resources do you need?

  4. Describe your action plan.

Please post your answers to the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue group.

Skull Session rules.

Please post your answers independently of the answers posted by others. Please also recognize that there can be varying perceptions as to what these scenarios involve since these problems are being solved using limited information. The values of these sessions include the various approaches the participants may suggest based on their varying perceptions of the problem, so it's not a matter of someone being right and someone being wrong.

Please read, think, and post your answers to the TLAER Facebook group based on your perception of the problem presented.

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