what are the most important items to have in your first aid kit?

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hi all
have been looking at all the ready made first aid kits for horse and rider and they seem like such a mess of products some important and some not so much for example why would you need a hoofpick with it as if any of you are like me i have thousands of the damb things lol that have also come free with diffrent things but i just wanted to ask you all wat you would put in your first aid kits and what you reccommend for me to make my own kit as i am not very clued up on this subject thank all look forward to your advice
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Basic First aid kit should include (in my opinion)

-Clean bowl
-Scissors
-Clean sponge
-Cotton wool padding
-Hibiscrub
-Clean bandage
-Poultice material

Thats probably everything you would need to sort out cuts/scrapes or even anything more serious before a vet arrived
 
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as above (definitely poultice!)
vet wrap
sudocrem for minor cuts, sores etc
and some sort of stronger anitiboitic cream (maybe from vet) for worse injuries
 
Equipment to deal with minor wounds. Cotton wool, hibiscrub, purple spray, vet wrap, round ended scissors, sudocreme, stable bandages and gamgee/fybagee.
 
I really dislike purple spray as it can seal in any infection that is still in the wound, its ok for small scrapes but for anything deeper than a graze i wouldnt be using it as you can not be sure it is sterile, and it actually contains a chemical that cause damage if too much gets into the blood stream (according to my vet) and can also make the vets job harder if he does need to be called out. My vet would murder me if he saw me using the stuff. Prefer to use sudocrem as it can be easilly washed off and is not harmfull.
 
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