Emergency Prep · Wildlife
The Pavement Rescue Playbook
Roadside Safety and Car Strike Triage
You first, then the animal. 10 modules on vests, flares and smart stops, parking your car as a shield, reading whether an animal is dead or stunned, the blanket toss, drag vs. lift for broken spines, the opossum pouch check, improvised backboards, keeping your fingers out of the bite zone, double-gloving against blood, and when to call troopers instead of a rehabber.
About this course
More rescuers are hurt on roadsides than by any animal. This course puts you first without abandoning the animal. You'll learn the vest, flares and the smart stop, how to park diagonally upstream so your car takes the hit instead of you, how to tell a dead animal from a stunned one before you touch it, the blanket toss that ends the thrashing, when to drag on a board and when to lift, how to check a dead opossum's pouch for living joeys (and why you never pull one off a teat), how to turn a floor mat into a backboard for a broken spine, how to keep your fingers out of reach of teeth and talons, why nitrile goes under the leather glove, and when the right call is state troopers, not a rehabber.
What you'll learn
- Staying alive first: vests, flares, hazard lights and the smart stop
- The traffic shield: parking diagonally upstream and working behind your car
- Dead or stunned? reading a post-strike scene, then the blanket toss
- Drag vs. lift, improvised backboards, and the opossum pouch check
- The bite zone and double-gloving against bloodborne pathogens
- Who to call: troopers for highways and large animals, rehabbers once the patient is boxed
Who this is for
Commuters and rural drivers, delivery and rideshare drivers, anyone who has pulled over for a hurt animal and wasn't sure how not to become the second casualty.
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons