Practice Emergency First Aid

Practicing before an emergency can be a vital investment:

• The more comfortable you are in using the contents of your first aid kit, the more smoothly you can respond should the need arise.
  
• If your cat is cooperative, you could try making leg bandages or taking his temperature. More than likely, your cat will be impatient with your unfamiliar manipulations of bandaging; you could practice bandaging on a stuffed animal.
• Practice lifting and carrying your cat.
• Practice driving the route to your nearest vet emergency facility.
  
• Establish a professional relationship with the facility and keep emergency telephone numbers handy (i.e., wallet, vehicle, refrigerator, and address book).