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Equipment routinely carried:
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LED-strobe hazard beacons
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Traffic-warning cones
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GPS unit
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Smartphone with OS map app
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2-way Radios
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Flashlights
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High-visibility utility vests
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Kevlar-lined gloves
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Latex gloves
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Wire cutters
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Claw hammer
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Saw
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Pliers
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Screwdrivers/Allen keys
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Multi-tools
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Cable ties
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Stethoscope
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Forceps
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Tweezers
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Scissors
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Sterile bandages
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Cohesive bandages
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Absorbent dressings
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Foam splints
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Saline solution
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Multi-cleanse solution
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Veterinary wound powder
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QuikClot blood clotting sponges
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Sterile hydrogel
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Antiseptic cream
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Antiseptic wipes
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Antiseptic hand gel
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Tissues
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Towel
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Heat pads (gel & electric)
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Emergency blanket
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Quick-release Grasper
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Foam-rim hand nets
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Bird bags (assorted sizes)
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Swan bag
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Folding cardboard bird boxes
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Transportation cages (various)
lthough wildlife rescue is just a starting point
for our operations, we nevertheless are equipped
to handle most situations when we encounter a
wildlife casualty, or if called out to attend an
incident.
VFNWR personnel are experienced naturalists not
veterinarians, but we are fully competent in
determining when to administer immediate first
aid & then release on-site, or whether to safely
transport the casualty back to Valley Forge NWR
for further assessment, treatment & care, or else
convey directly to a veterinary surgery/hospital.
Our Response/Patrol vehicle is equipped with a
comprehensive medical kit, together with the
necessary items to safely capture, contain and
transport a wide variety of possible wildlife
casualties.
As an experienced kayakist/canoeist, our Director
can also assist with wildlife rescues on lochs or
rivers should the need arise, but for safety
reasons is unable to operate alone in such
situations.
Each Responder mobilization is fully risk-assessed,
so we may not be able to assist on any operation
in which the safety of others may be adversely
compromised, or where there is a risk of resultant
damage to third-party property.
VFNWR Rescue Patrol
vehicle at the Hospital for
Small Animals, Royal (Dick)
Veterinary School, Roslin,
near Edinburgh.
VFNWR personnel are
experienced in handling
greenfinches to gannets,
bats to badgers ... and
most things in between.
A
Rescue capability
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