Man gives CPR to dog on sidewalk and saves their life. Dog attached to bike with leash.

Screenshot from video below.

The title and video are self-explanatory. This great guy saved the dog's life by administering CPR to the dog on the sidewalk. I think he was a stranger to the owner who appears to be the woman standing over him. I think she has a bike and was exercising her dog by attaching him/her to the bike by a leash and riding the bike which appears to have been too much for the dog who collapsed. That's my take on the video.

Never seen this before and the lesson appears to be to not leash animals to bikes. However, I think it would be wise to have a vet check out this dog for heart trouble. Just a guess. But dog breeds are famous for inheriting genetic diseases and heart disease is one of those diseases affecting some dog breeds.

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The tweet reads:

This good-hearted man does CPR & saves a dog. May the Universe return him every little breath when he needs it. Please, don't leash animals to bicycles! When the dog sees his rescuer next, his joy & gratitude are worth seeing. 

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P.S. please forgive the occasional typo. These articles are written at breakneck speed using Dragon Dictate. I have to prepare them in around 20 mins.

Can you do CPR on a domestic cat? Yes. Here are the steps.

CPR is a combination of artificial respiration and heart massage. CPR stands for 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation'. Artificial respiration is an emergency procedure. It is used to exchange air in a cat who is not breathing and unconscious. Heart massage is used when there is no heartbeat, or one cannot be heard or felt.

Heart massage and artificial respiration go together because when cats stop breathing their hearts stop functioning.

CPR on a cat.  This is a screenshot from the video below. This is not a real cat!

I am thankful to the veterinarians who wrote the book Cat Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook for the following information.

Artificial respiration

• You lay your cat on a flat surface with his right side down.
• You open his mouth and clear away any secretions with a cloth. Check for foreign bodies and if present you remove them if it's possible. If there are foreign bodies or a foreign body you should try and remove it using the Heimlich maneuver.
  You pull the cat's tongue forward and close the mouth. Place your mouth over your cat's nose but not the mouth. You blow gently into the nostrils. The cat's chest will expand. You should blow gently. This means not blowing hard enough to inflate a balloon.
• You momentarily stop to let the air come back out.
• If the chest does not start to rise and fall indicating breathing you can blow more forcefully and if need be seal the cat's lips with your hand.
• You breathe into your cat's nostrils at the rate of one breath every 4 to 5 seconds.
• You continue until the cat breaths on their own or as long as the heart continues to beat.

Heart massage

• Continue with mouth-to-nose breathing.
• Place your fingers and thumb on each side of the cat's sternum or chest behind their elbows.
• You press the chest firmly (not overly firmly) six times and administer a breath. You then repeat. The massage rate is 80-120 compressions per minute.
• Don't stop heart massage while administering a breath.
• You pause every two minutes for 10-15 seconds to allow you to check for a pulse and to check whether your cat is breathing.
• You continue until the heart beats and the cat breaths on their own or until no heartbeat is felt for 30 minutes.

I hope this helps. The source of information is very sound. You will find many articles on this on the Internet so you can search elsewhere. And you will see videos on the Internet, one of which I have included below.

This video has been selected because it has been on YouTube for a very long time and therefore it is unlikely to be deleted and in which case it will continue to function on this website. However, it may stop working at some time in the future and if so, I apologise but I have no control over this.

Cat revived from near-death by firefighter in Volgograd, Russia

This is a video that I missed when it was first aired on February 28, 2018. It is a dramatic cat rescue and it is quite hard to watch because the cat is clearly near the point of death having been pulled out of what appears to be an apartment fire which killed three people.

 Cat revived from near-death by firefighter in Volgograd, Russia. Screenshot.

The cat appears to have been poisoned by inhaling smoke. We don't know whether the cat also suffered from heat exposure. Both smoke and heat can have long-term effects upon the health of an animal or a person.

We know that firefighters can suffer from heart attacks due to constant exposure to heat and of course we all know that people can die of suffocation in fires because of the smoke and fumes. Therefore, this cat's rescue is quite special. It is also nice to see firefighters attempting, often times successfully, to rescue companion animals from fires.

In these acts they are treating companion animals on an equal footing to human beings. Both are being rescued from a life threatening situation. The dedication to rescuing animals is the equal of the effort and dedication required to rescue the people. This is something that we should all strive for and which pleases me no end.

What is dramatic and harder look at is how the cat is near death and the firefighter administers heart massage, referred to as CPR, because it in addition to the heart massage he forces oxygen down the cat's throat. He does not use one of those special masks but does the best that he can with what equipment he has.

The cat revives but at one stage you think he's going to pass away. You can see this moment etched on his face. It's that close. He is on the cusp of life and death. He falls on the side of life. His owner is distraught. She is distressed and relieved at the same time. Starkly contrasting and conflicting emotions swill around her head.At the end, the cat looks noticeably better but the long-term prognosis might not be good. 

What of the smoke and carbon particles inside the cat's lungs. Will that cause health problems in the future? What would a veterinarian provide as a prognosis for this cat? And the heat may have damaged his heart as it does the heart of firefighters.

It's great to see his survival but I fear for his longevity.