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If you can't find a pulse or hear a heartbeat it is essential to start chest compressions to force blood through the body.

Symptoms

Steps
1   Check that your dog’s heart is still beating by feeling for the heart on your dog’s chest and/or feeling for your dog’s pulse. (The pulse is easily felt in the femoral artery located on the inside of the thigh.)
2   If no pulse or heart beat is felt, begin CPR outlined below.
3   With dog on its side locate the heart which is easily found at the point where the elbow bends to meet the chest
4   Cup your hand over the point of the chest just behind the elbows in the heart region
5   Compress firmly pressing in about 1/2 inch with your thumb on one side and your fingers on the other
6   Provide chest compressions as fast and consistently as one can (100-120 compressions per minute or 2 compressions per second).
7   If no one else is available give artificial respiration by giving 1 breath for every 5 compressions
8   Continue CPR and artificial respiration until the dog begins breathing on his own or his pulse becomes stable
Warnings
Pinch your dog firmly between his toes or tap his eyelids, if there is no response start CPR immediately
Feel for a pulse by placing 3 fingers flat against the femoral artery on the inside of the thigh at the groin and you should feel it
Feel for a heartbeat by placing your palm flat against his lower chest directly behind the left front elbow.
Tips
Try to give 60-100 compressions per minutes your goal is to give 100-120 compressions and 15-20 breaths per minute until you get medical help
If your dog does not show any signs of improvement after 10 minutes the CPR has been unsuccessful and can be stopped

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