“Cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR, formerly abbreviated as CPR) is the treatment required to save an animal (or human) life when suffering cardiopulmonary arrest.”(Gfeller) CPR is the act of manually restoring blood flow and to oxygenate the heart, brain, and lungs by applying firm pressure continuously when compressing over the heart. To perform CPR on a Labrador, you first need to move the patient to a centralized location that has easy access to an anesthesia machine for oxygen and your crash cart. A crash cart is a mobile cart that carries supplies and medications for emergency use. Crash carts come in a variety of sizes, it depends on the needs of the clinic, some are the size of a fishing tool box and others the size of
