‘Dead’ South Yorkshire dog saved after horror crash by passing stranger
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Cuddles, a Lhasa Apso, was brought back from the brink after a passing veterinary nurse stopped to use life saving techniques on her, after her owner believed her pet had died.
Cuddles owner Kim Poskitt told ITV that when she got to her pet, Cuddles was covered in blood, had no heartbeat and had stopped breathing. She said she had asked the driver of the car, who had stopped, to help her carry Cuddles back to her home in Doncaster to be buried.
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Hide AdThat was when veterinary nurse Jo Caukwell arrived and stopped to try to help
She believed the dog was clinically dead – but tried canine CPR anyway. And when Cuddles started breathing again, she was rushed to a vet, despite fears she may not survive the night.
Jo, who visited Cuddles at home this week, told ITV News: "It was just meant to be that I was passing. Seconds later and it would have been too late.
"But people never think to learn CPR for animals. It's really important that people know how to do it, just as they would for humans - so many lives could be saved if people did a quick course or watched a video."
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Hide AdJo has now released a video detailing how to perform CPR on a pet using a similar technique to that performed on humans.