Active K9 Emergency Response Training
Assertive, concise training for law enforcement & EMS teams!
Protecting those who protect us!
About Arkansas K9MEDIC
We are a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit full affiliate of K9MEDIC, providing all the benefits of the International K9MEDIC Corporation combined with fully tax-deductible programs designed for Arkansas’ EMS, Fire Service, Law Enforcement, and SAR programs. Our team of instructors is at the top of their fields across all disciplines to ensure impactful training! Protecting those who protect us!
Program Overview
Our programs include handling K9 emergencies in both conventional and tactical environments, so you’ll be prepared to respond wherever and whenever you need to. Topics range from safe K9 handling and comprehensive assessments to treating the most common emergencies such as heat stroke and bloat/GDV, as well as tactical injuries such as gunshot wounds. Advanced Paramedicine skills include IO fluid administration and surgical airways.
We have multiple program options that span all disciplines of emergency response, with course length options that allow flexibility for every department.
Skill stations, in our intensive formats, focus on a particular field skill and ensure that each student has accurate muscle memory to ensure skillful delivery long after the class is complete. Primary interventions are repeated until students can do them, literally, blindfolded. Each station is designed to build on existing knowledge and translate human medical skills to canine anatomy. Assessment skills are on live dogs and go beyond basic vitals, teaching students how to conduct ongoing observations and trending through typical work cycles to identify and prevent injuries and illness early in development. Handling includes basic carries and constraints and can include advanced handling such as harness lifts and extractions.
Solo and Team Scenarios then put these skillsets into the likely field environment and require the student to put together an entire treatment sequence, problem-solving the situation as they go. Scenarios are based on the skillset, equipment, and mission profile of each team. For example, GSWs, IEDs, or collapsed building compression injuries may be included depending on the mission profile.
Program Formats
INTERACTIVE Format
K9 MEDIC™ delivers an entry-level offering with our interactive format. Students experience interactive lectures and demos and also get hands-on with all-class practice sessions. The student ratio is 20 students per instructor (so with many classes, there is only 1 instructor).
EXPERIENTIAL Format
For those wanting a more comprehensive hands-on and scenario experience, along with the benefits of a diversified instructor cadre, K9 MEDIC™ offers the experiential format. In addition to the all-class practice exercises, the format delivers additional rotations of hands-on skills stations and solo/team scenarios. And with ratios of 4:1 or 8:1, each student is sure to receive significant instructor feedback and attention customized to their specific needs. Finally, the increased ratio means that all classes have 2 or more multidisciplinary instructors, including experienced tactical paramedics and field-savvy K9 Handlers
High-Fidelity Simulation Add-On
For those looking for the ultimate in learning experiences, K9 MEDIC™ offers a variety of Hi-Fi Simulation add-ons, the hallmark K9 MEDIC™ program which we have been teaching for 10 years to the most demanding of clients. Hi-Fi Simulation options are based on your mission profile and facility considerations. Selections include ethically sourced canine cadaver lab stations where we recreate conditions such as Bloat/GDV and Tension Pneumo. Other options include Hi-Fi simulation manikins, plus environmental simulation such as flash bangs, sim rounds, etc. This is a customized add-on, specific to your team.