Horse First Aid Kit

[Stenners]

My first aid kit is sooooo old!! Years and years old and I want to update/replace it!
What are your first aid box essentials?

 

[stangs]

Off the top of my head: witch hazel gel and sudocrem, vetwrap, scissors, thermometer and vaseline, sterilised leg wraps, gamgee, a working torch/headlight, tick remover, tweezers, saline solution, diapers, and records of your horses' vitals and vet information.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

All of the above plus some wound pads, tail bandage, a tube of sedalin, a couple of left over bute sachets and some antiseptic wipes for wiping the thermometer after use.

 

[spotty_pony]

Haven’t read replies but mine is -
Syringe, bute, vet wrap, animalintex, purple spray, silver spray, cotton wool, mud fever cream, sudocreme, Vaseline, hibiscrub.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Good point, I've got some other bottles of stuff I don't know what they are but imagine a vet could tell me how to use them in an emergency.

Have to admit, I won one of those big horse first aid kit bags and just added a few things to it (the bute, sedalin, card with vet and farrier details)

 

[Stenners]

Haven’t read replies but mine is -
Syringe, bute, vet wrap, animalintex, purple spray, silver spray, cotton wool, mud fever cream, sudocreme, Vaseline, hibiscrub.

This is almost what’s in mine now but it’s all sooooo old!!!

 

[Gift Horse]

Similar to the above posts + a bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide, a box of nitrile gloves, a tub of Epsom salts, a tub of udder cream and a roll of gaffer tape.

 

[HollyWoozle]

I’m a little bit obsessed with my animal first aid kit for some reason, it’s sort of like a weird hobby. ? We do also have chickens, ducks and cats though and some things are interchangeable.

In addition to the items already mentioned I have various extra bandages, gamgee, melolin pads and gauze. I’m just adding a low sided bucket, lint-free towel, stethoscope, notepad and pen (good for jotting down stats in emergencies) and vet/farrier details. Stable bandages, various Red Horse products (not sure if that counts as first aid but things like their field paste), germigel, electrolytes, ice pack, antibiotic ointment, vetericyn (both the spray and the eyewash), Filtabac, saline, latex type gloves, betadine, cling film. Other stuff I can’t remember!

Vetericyn and Filtabac are probably the two most useful products to be honest.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

My first aid kit is sooooo old!! Years and years old and I want to update/replace it!
What are your first aid box essentials?

you asked for it.


mines old and many out of date but wont gret rid
thermometer
sudocream
leg ice
bone linemment
muscle liniment
cotton wool
Gamgee
syringes
bandages
poultice boot
leg wraps
ice boots
scissors
tubes of antiseptic
wound powder white
wound powder black
dermisol cream
knee bandage
easacof
aloveral cream
surgical spirit
hibi scrub
medical bowl for cleaning wounds
tray to put things on
duck tape
sole paint
engemycin
stockholm tar spray
better still photos
hydrogen peroxide
purple spray
silver spray
aqueous cream
Vaseline
vet wraps
danilon
purple spray
animalintex
epsom salts
tubbing buckits
towels
summer cream
elastpplats rolls
sofband
jelonet
nappies of different sizes



So much of my stuff you cannot get anymore like easecof. Still smells the same so reluctant to get rid of things
I have too much first aid. Collected over the years

 

[Stenners]

you asked for it.


mines old and many out of date but wont gret rid
thermometer
sudocream
leg ice
bone linemment
muscle liniment
cotton wool
Gamgee
syringes
bandages
poultice boot
leg wraps
ice boots
scissors
tubes of antiseptic
wound powder white
wound powder black
dermisol cream
knee bandage
easacof
aloveral cream
surgical spirit
hibi scrub
medical bowl for cleaning wounds
tray to put things on
duck tape
sole paint
engemycin
stockholm tar spray
better still photos
hydrogen peroxide
purple spray
silver spray
aqueous cream
Vaseline
vet wraps
danilon
purple spray
animalintex
epsom salts
tubbing buckits
towels
summer cream
elastpplats rolls
sofband
jelonet
nappies of different sizes



So much of my stuff you cannot get anymore like easecof. Still smells the same so reluctant to get rid of things
I have too much first aid. Collected over the years

Wow!!! This is amazing!

 

[Kaylum]

We also have an emergency kit

Wire cutters, hammer, crowbar, saw, nails, screwdriver. It's put in one place and left.

It has been used a few times for horses getting stuck under post and rail fences when rolling too close.

We have also taken it when a horse got into trouble on a hack and jumped a barbed wire fence we had to cut the fence to get her out luckily she was ok

 

[chestnutride]

I just updated mine...

- Animal Lintex
- Hibiscrub
- Purple Spray
- Gamgee
- vet wrap
- Scissors
- Vaseline
- Bandages
- Cotton
- Flamazine
- Nivea cream
- antiseptic wipes
- small towel

 

[Starzaan]

I used to run rehab yards so my first aid kit is taken very seriously ?

Soffban (the longer ones are better than the shorter)
Vetwrap
Melolin (various sizes)
Primapore (various sizes, both adhesive and non adhesive)
Stable bandages
Gamgee
Cotton wool
Animalintex for poultices
Duct tape
Various scissors
Small trimmers
Razor blades
Staple remover
Thermometer
Iodine
Hibiscrub
Virkon
Saline
Udder cream with chlorhexadine
Vetericyn eye wash
Hydrogen Peroxide
Magnesium sulphate
Copper sulphate crystals
Various gauges of needle for injecting
Various sizes of syringe for injecting
Dosing syringes
Box of Bute
Box of Danilon
Box of TMP
Silver spray
Flamazine
Latex gloves
Shoe pull
Cling film
Hoof testers
Hoof pick
Stethoscope
Wire cutters
An old stock to use as a tourniquet
Scissors
Ice boots
Cold clay
Towels (both microfibre and old towels cut up)
Spare thermatex rugs
An emergency kit for extracting horses from fences/lorries/stable walls which includes a saw, crow bar and lunge lines
Large metal dog bowls for washing wounds
Washing up bowl for tubbing feet
Small metal dog bowls for holding things such as needles etc
An old fridge in the tack room for drug storage
Small bucket
Head torch
Bottle of sloe gin for the worst days
A book containing details of vets, local hunts and cremation services
And finally a vet book (most veterinary practices will sell these. It’s a book used by big professional yards that the vet can fill out. I keep one even now I’m not running a big yard as it’s good to have a full record of everything that has gone on with each horse.