First Aid Kit for Lorry

[peanutsmumma]

I recently bought a lorry and hoping to get out and about in it this year.

Hit me with what i need to keep in it in case of emergencies

 

[Sparkeyboy]

I can't remember exactly what's in mine but off the top of my head...

Scissors
Vet wrap
Softban / cotton wool
Poultice
Purple spray
Anti bac wound gel
Melolin dressings
Plasters (for humans)
Anti bac wipes (for humans)
Hoof pick

 

[milliepops]

My lorry one has
vetwrap
few varieties of bandage and dressing
a clean bowl
iodine scrub
good scissors
thermometer
cotton wool
tube of sedalin
plasters and painkillers for people
plus my shoe removal tools live with it.

 

[Fieldlife]

My lorry one has
vetwrap
few varieties of bandage and dressing
a clean bowl
iodine scrub
good scissors
thermometer
cotton wool
tube of sedalin
plasters and painkillers for people
plus my shoe removal tools live with it.

As my lorry is normally onsite, some of my first aid kit stuff lives in it.

I have battery clippers and sterile saline for washing / flushing just in case too.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I would recommend -
vet wrap x3
Softban
Knitfirm (stretchy soft bandage) x2
Big roll of cotton wool
Poultice
Melolin x3
Sharp scissors
Pre-mixed hibiscrub
Newborn size nappies x2
Duct tape

The above will Let you patch up minor wounds, wounds that have nicked a vein, lost shoes (wrap the nappy round the foot for padding if the horse is sore.) and so a decent enough size bandage should your horse do a soft tissue injury.

We also have splints in ours at work.

 

[Fieldlife]

I would recommend -
vet wrap x3
Softban
Knitfirm (stretchy soft bandage) x2
Big roll of cotton wool
Poultice
Melolin x3
Sharp scissors
Pre-mixed hibiscrub
Newborn size nappies x2
Duct tape

The above will Let you patch up minor wounds, wounds that have nicked a vein, lost shoes (wrap the nappy round the foot for padding if the horse is sore.) and so a decent enough size bandage should your horse do a soft tissue injury.

We also have splints in ours at work.

does premixed hibiscrub keep? Is that better for cleaning wounds than sterile saline?

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

does premixed hibiscrub keep? Is that better for cleaning wounds than sterile saline?

It keeps for ages. You do need to dilute it as you buy it neat and dilute it down to a pale pink. It's best for brand new wounds on day 1 and 2 as it really cleans them properly with a good scrub and has less chance of leaving nasties behind. After a couple of days it is too harsh for every day use as it will hurt new flesh and the healing process will take longer.

Salt water is good for day 3 onwards of cleaning wounds.

Saline is good for flushing deep wounds.

 

[TPO]

Hit me with what i need to keep in it in case of emergencies

Not first aid but in case of emergencies good to have an emergency warning triangle, pop up cones and warning lights

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I recently bought a lorry and hoping to get out and about in it this year.

Hit me with what i need to keep in it in case of emergencies

the previous one they did was better, but human one this is good https://www.homebase.co.uk/smartstore-deco-12-first-aid-box/12881330.html

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Apart from the equine 1st aid and warning things, keep a sealable waterproof bag in there with a complete change of clothes in, socks, undies and outerwear. V useful if you have an unscheduled dunk or torrential rain etc, always something dry to put on to drive home.
I call it my human additional 1st aid bag ?
Oh, and a small 1st aid kit for humans with the likes of paracetamol in, in the glovebox.

 

[nagblagger]

All of the above....and a head torch so you can be hands free...

 

[Fieldlife]

Not first aid but in case of emergencies good to have an emergency warning triangle, pop up cones and warning lights

And hiviz tabard too.

 

[Fieldlife]

I also have towels, duct tape, baling twine for emergencies

 

[chaps89]

First aid kit (horse and human)
Lunge line
Spare headcollar
Fleece rug
LW t/o
Hi-vis jacket
Emergency light beacon
Phone charger
Back up sat-nav
Water bucket
Wash bucket/sponge/lavendar wash
Towel
Spare body brush and hoof pick
Tub of treats (horse)
Emergency cereal bar (me)
Scissors/sharp knife
Water container
Small step

Not kept specifically in the lorry but I do always make sure I have a spare coat/jumper with me and also waterproofs/change of clothes if the weather is icky.
I also try to remember to put my head torch in (essential after the day my phone ran out and I lost power on the m25 in the dark and as it was a new phone I hadn’t updated my charger…)

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Lol chaps,? I too started listing everything in there earlier x
I'll probably have same, plus spares bag of girths, reins, stirrup leathers (all come out and get checked regularly), spare crash hat and gloves live under passenger seat, warm hi vis jacket plus a hi vis tabard.
Comp bag with spare breeches, ties, stock, 2 x shirts, boot bag, jacket bag, hat bag....
Oh, and essential spare fags, polos and emergency tenner.
Probably more but I think that's the most have list.... ?

 

[chaps89]

Lol, I missed the bit in the title about first aid kit, sorry OP!
Human first aid kit is just a pre-made travel one from the supermarket
Horse one has hibiscrub, bottle of water, jug, cotton wool, vet wrap, nappy, scissors, aloe Vera gel, electrical tape, bandages and gamgee.

 

[catembi]

I read this as a first aid kit FOR the lorry...! When I had an old DAF I had duct tape, baler twine, a bottle of water, warning triangles, rad weld, oil, a scaffold pole thing for taking off wheel nuts, an 8 ton bottle jack, a tow rope capable of towing it & hi viz. We once got a double puncture going past a building site while taking my mare for surgery on an ovarian granuloma. Potters Bar basically didn't give a **** that we were totally stuck & did absolutely zero to help us, so I had to unload my 17.1 very solid ID mare who thought she was a stallion onto the road & then lead her a couple of miles along the road past fields with galloping horses in them. V pleased to get there alive & also v pleased to have hi viz as at least people could see us prancing about all over the place. Not something I would care to repeat.

 

[SBJT]

I’m gonna go left field here and add in stethoscope to the above. We had a major medical emergency earlier this month and it was actually useful. I also had walkie talkies for traffic control, which would have been useful except for the fact I had forgotten to charge them the first time.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I’m gonna go left field here and add in stethoscope to the above. We had a major medical emergency earlier this month and it was actually useful. I also had walkie talkies for traffic control, which would have been useful except for the fact I had forgotten to charge them the first time.

I have a stethoscope in both 1st aid kits.

When we did the going across the channel trips, we all carried pairs or 3 sets of walkie talkies, so was easier for travelling groom to call up the box behind or in front. I still have a set here that we have used till recently at the race tracks!
Thanks SBJT, you've rolled back some great memories ?

 

[Goldenstar]

On longer trips for humans I always have proper finger plasters and buddy strips in numbers that would cover the trip.
Buddy strips are a so good if you hurt a finger you just strap it to the one next door.I also always have compeed blister plasters for the feet .

 

[DSB]

Money,some loose change and a few notes.

 

[Fieldlife]

I have a stethoscope in both 1st aid kits.

When we did the going across the channel trips, we all carried pairs or 3 sets of walkie talkies, so was easier for travelling groom to call up the box behind or in front. I still have a set here that we have used till recently at the race tracks!
Thanks SBJT, you've rolled back some great memories ?

What do you need stethoscope for? It wouldn’t occur to me to have one.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

What do you need stethoscope for? It wouldn’t occur to me to have one.

I can check heart rate, lungs etc and also listen to the gut. Has helped me give informed details to vet over the phone in the past.
It's a useful tool if the tool that's using it knows how to use it x

 

[SBJT]

I can check heart rate, lungs etc and also listen to the gut. Has helped me give informed details to vet over the phone in the past.
It's a useful tool if the tool that's using it knows how to use it x

Yeah I’ve used a couple of times on a colicking horse, and like The Fuzzy Furry said for general heart rate etc. helps you keep a baseline so you can find out if your baseline is off.

 

[SBJT]

Yeah I’ve used a couple of times on a colicking horse, and like The Fuzzy Furry said for general heart rate etc. helps you keep a baseline so you can find out if your baseline is off.

Plus it was extremely useful with a car accident earlier this month. You just never know.

 

[HollyWoozle]

I don’t have a lorry so don’t have a specific travel first aid kit but do have an epic home first aid kit for animals which I keep in a tool box and could easily be put in lorry for adventures. I have a stethoscope in mine too and have used it so just wanted to confirm that it’s a useful addition! I have zillions of things in mine which I rarely require, it’s like some weird hobby, but I know I am prepared. I would probably add a good pair of tweezers and something to wash eyes with (vetericyn eye wash is great) to an essentials list. Electrolytes also handy.

 

[peanutsmumma]

Thanks Everyone.

I have Emergency Triangle, jump leads and a human first aid kit.

Just need to put a horse one together which you have all given fab recommendations for so will start putting it together

 

[rara007]

For those without a stethoscope learning to take the pulse gives most of us as much info about the heart! Cheapo ones are going to struggle with a ‘normal’ horses heart. I don’t bother to take one.
I’m usually going to events with vets at, or staying within an hour of home, so don’t have masses tbh, and it’s shared human dog and horse! Other than the thermometers…! I do take a few oral bute, but mainly it’s just a few vet wraps and dressings. My liquids box has wound cream, saline, hoof magic, arnica and bit butter. Our breathalysers for France that I’m yet to throw out live in there too as seemed sensible place.

 

[ponynutz]

Not much although our home one isn't particularly extensive either.

Consists of:

Bottled water for drinking and cleaning any wounds;
Sudocrem and Vaseline (always kept in my grooming box);
Antiseptic spray;
A clean sponge still in the packet (to prevent infection just in case);
Baler twine;
Bandages (she wears these instead of travelling boots, does that count?).

Anything else is a case of going to shop on site/calling vet/driving very carefully home and calling vet there.

Luckily never had anything more than a scrape.