equine first aid kits & what do i need in my lorry???

[lillie]

well i've just brought a small horsebox, and will be looking to sort out an equine 1st aid box for when we're travelling and i also whta a list of things that i should have when we go out & about.

ideas, thoughts, personal experiences welcome

Thankies

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

Well my first aid kit consists of:

Vetwrap
Salt (to make salt water)
Purple spray
Cotton wool
Animalintex
Wound gel
Witchazel&arnica
Cold boot
Scissors

umm think thats it xx

 

[kcgibson]

i have:

vetrap
soffban (padding bandage)
treatrap (conforming bandage)
melolin/animalintex (to apply to wounds when bandaging)
intrasite gel (good to apply to wounds when bandaging)
scissors
purple spray
cotton wool
salt or saline solution
bottle of clean water (to mix with salt or to flush wound)
cling film (in case of burn/scald, although i know these are not too common in horses)

Think thats everything!

 

[9cheese1]

Make sure you have bandages, whether its vetwrap or just any old bandage - they are forever coming in useful in my lorry!

 

[MagicMelon]

My travel first aid kit contains:

Antiseptic spray
Wound powder
Animalintex
Scissors
Cotton Wool
Vetwrap (a few)
Stable bandages and gamgee
Arnica Gel
Leg cooling clay & Neo-Ice bandages (used for after XC but could use for first aid)

 

[PaddyMonty]

One thing we always have in our horsebox now apart from usual first aid stuff is a tube of sedalin.
This is just in case we have a breakdown in a nasty place.
Learnt this when we had a front tyre blow out on the M1 at 5pm in winter. Fortunately we had my wifes horse on board who is very relaxed but even she was starting to get upset by the lorries speeding past as we sat on the hard shoulder. Had my horse been on board he would have gone mental.
Hence always carrying the sedalin now