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After an accident today (not my horse) I realised i have no first aid kit! I have ordered hibiscrub and purple spray but i'm not sure what else I need.
So what do you have in yours and what do you use it for?
 
Vetwrap
Soffban
K band
Gamgee
Animalintex
Cotton wool
Elastoplast bandage
Micropore tape
Gaffa tape
Insulating tape
Dermisol
Dermagel
Intrasite gel
Wondergel
Savlon wound wash
Hibiscrub
Dettol
Scalpel blade
Scissors
Baby wipes
 
I have:

Purple spray
Iodine
Animalintex
Hibiscrub
Vetwrap
Syringe
Hibiscrub
Hydrogen Peroxide
Gloves
Cotton Buds
Scissors
Duct tape
Poutice boot


Rider first aid kit just in case ;)

I'm sure I have more things, but I can't remember!
 
Thanks, a good point on the human first aid kit too! Finger vs saddle and stable door resulted in s lot of blood yesterday and i couldn't find a plaster any where!
 
10 x Danolin [covers from Fri pm to Tue am over a bank holiday
2 x Animalintex [essential]
2 x intrasite gel [essential]
Enough bandaging, various for a massive leg wound, including softban
2 x Thermometer
Stethoscope [never hear anything with this]
Wound wash [human ready mix]
Hibiscrub
Cotton Wool
2 x 500ml sterile saline [essential] for eyes/ other wounds
Salt for saline scrub
2 x Scissors sharp one large one small
Betadine [dry] iodine spray [essential]
Petroleum Jelly
Pencil
Pen
Paper
Vet contact details
Yard contact & postcode
Rubber/latex gloves, several
2 x Syringes, large
Nappies
Torch, spare batteries
Jug
Tweezers
Hoofpick
Purple spray.
Stockhom Tar
Sedalin
All the above in a very large container, but includes a smaller First Aid Bag with the essentials
 
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mulledwhine said:
Echo sudacrem , you need to have that x
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Dont say it's for the horse though....interesting conversation in the chemists yesterday whe they said they weren't allowed to sell human medication for animals. I said my dog just borrows a bit of mine from time to time!
 
i have what most people have but section it down to horsebox first aid and yard firstaid,mostly same stuff but have it away.also have half a drainpipe,for major leg injuries/wounds etc.
allevyn pads
scalpols
ice packs
golden eye ointment
k-band
knitfix
twitch
tube support
large gardening spray bottle,fill with saline solution and then you can flush out most wounds

probably more but i forgot,like i said ive got pretty much everything everyone else said.

we lost out mare last year to fibrosarcoma and had to change her dressings every 3 days hence huge vet kit.my friends on the yard realised they havnt got anything and havnt been to get anything since.i have everything you could need and am proud of it.my horse is hurt and i can deal with it.
 
I have an extensive kit which I keep in a cantilever tool box in the tack room. It jas most of the items listed by the other posters. One of the most handy items are 'Kool Packs'. These are a bag that has a phial of chemicals in it & when you break the phial & shake the bag you get an instant ice cold pack which is great to bring down any swelling. When I go to a show or travel the horses for training the kit always goes with us. I have rarely had to use it on my horses but it has been used several times on other peoples. :)
 
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