If you have had a horse for any length of time you will know that they can injure themselves, sometimes not enough to have a veterinary visit and other times its an emergency and you need to call the vet out right away. No matter if it is an emergency or not it is imperative that you have supplies on hand to deal with an injury, before it occurs. Do you know what you will need?
Building yourself an Equine Emergency Kit is easy or you can purchase one already prepared.
I have found one at a reasonable cost and is pretty complete – The Trailering Kit small from Equimedic is an excellent choice for a first aid kit for horses. Here is a list of what you will find in this kit…
Small Trailering Soft Sided Bag
10 long handled cotton tipped swabs
8 medical towels
6 wood applicators
24 non-sterile gauze pads
6 sterile gauze pads
5 non-adherent gauze pads
3 3M Vetrap Bandaging Tape
1 one third pound roll of cotton
1 adhesive tape roll
10 alcohol wipes
10 hand sanitizing towelettes
4 povidone iodine swabsticks
1 four ounce eye wash
1 betadine surgical scrub
1 eight ounce hydrogen peroxide
8 iodine wipes
1 flashlight
6 exam gloves
1 hoof pick
1 tourniquet
1 bandage scissors
4 bandage pins
5 18 gauge by one inch needles
2 ten cc syringes
2 twenty cc syringes
1 thirty five cc syringe
1 stainless steel thumb forcep
1 wrap cutter
10 antibiotic foil pouches
6 three quarter inch adhesive bandages
6 one inch adhesive bandages
2 Electrolyte Gold packets
1 two ounce small antiseptic ointment
1 four and a half ounce small liniment
1 six ounce bloodstop
To this kit I would add a few more items –
1 pair of wire cutters
tools to remove shoes
1 roll of Duct Tape
a pair of EZ Boots (properly fit for your horse)
Then some emergency medicine that you can ask your vet about such as –
Banamine
Phenylbutazone (Bute)
SMZ-TMP 960mg tablets (Tribrissen tablets)
Acepromazine
Antihistamine
Remember the Boy Scout’s rule to always be prepared. So at this time of increased activity with your horse be prepared for emergencies with an Equine Emergency Kit. You can either build your own or purchase a First Aid kit for horses already prepared by Equimedic
