K9 Casualty Card for Military and Police Working Dogs

The K9 Casualty Card is a field documentation card built for handlers, medics, and veterinary teams treating military and police working dogs. Developed with experienced MWD handlers, it gives you a structured way to record the dog's condition, the mechanism of injury, and every intervention performed before handover to veterinary care.

What it covers:

• Dog and handler details: identification, unit, and handler contact information in one place.
• Mechanism of injury: capture the cause and nature of the injury at the point of wounding.
• Primary survey: structured around the K9 MARCH algorithm so nothing critical is missed.
• Management algorithm: a clear, systematic prompt for treatment decisions under pressure.
• Ongoing assessments: space for repeat vitals and condition checks during evacuation.
• Treatment record: document drugs, fluids, airway interventions, and haemorrhage control given in the field.

Who it is for: tactical K9 handlers, police dog units, military working dog teams, and tactical medics who need a reliable handover document when a dog is wounded on task.

Designed to sit alongside human TCCC casualty cards in your medical kit, the K9 Casualty Card keeps documentation consistent across the team and supports a clean handover to the receiving veterinary clinician. Use it during training scenarios to embed the MARCH sequence, then carry it operationally so your team treats and records the same way every time.