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RE: [RC] Information from Pulled Horses - heidiWow, another job for ride vets and ultimately ride managers to have to do during a ride?? Is the information gleened from these reports that important that the ride vets need to do more paper work? I thought only special reports had to be filed if a horse died during a ride. We have had post-ride reports for years for the vets to fill out. For awhile, the vet committee looked at them. Then I understand a bunch of them got "lost" by the office. But they are not odious to fill out (have filled out a great many of them, and they only take a few minutes, most rides), and really don't add much to the burden of the ride vets. Many times the vets are still busy with horses even during dinner and awards. I have been to several rides where the RM has to go find the head vet to award BC because he is busy checking a horse after the ride. I guess they have to stay up all night to fill out AERC forms if they want to go home in the morning :) Well, yeah, you know the old saying--the job isn't over until the paperwork is done. ;-) But no, it doesn't require staying up all night. As much as I enjoy reading ride stats and detailed information I wonder how much of this demand for additional information is adding an extra buden on our ride vets and ride managers? Some large rides have over 20 pulls. Can you imagine the vets trying to write out details on each and every horse pull. The head vet probably wouldn't even have pulled many of the horses. Is the vet supposed to put all details on the rider card immediately when he pulls the horse? Wouldn't that back up horses if there were several horses waiting to be vetted. Then does the head vet copy all that infomation to an AERC form to leave with the RM so the RM can send it in with ride results? What's so tough about it? Let's say we have 20 pulls. Let's say 14 of them are lamenesses, 5 are metabolic, and 2 are RO. The report could go something like this: 14 lameness pulls--10 due to rocky trail, 3 possible suspensory pulls, 1 flexor tendon injury, treated with 10 ml bute and support wrap. 5 metabolic pulls--2 due to failure to recover, 2 due to tie-ups (treated with Banamine and B-complex), 1 due to colic that required invasive treatment. (FWIW, vets are also supposed to list details of any treatments, so will leave that one to your imagination.) 2 RO pulls--one rider ill, one rider went to hospital with fractured arm. There, did that take all night? No, but it contains quite a bit of information. As for the head vet knowing about all of that--the head vet had BETTER be in communication with the other vets, and these are probably the horses that they are all out checking during dinner. Yep, they know about them, all right... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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