Is Your First Aid Kit Ready?
…severe sprains until the veterinarian arrives Storing Your First Aid Kit Deciding how to store your first aid kit might be almost as important as deciding what supplies you’ll include….
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Trail Riding First Aid Part 1: Assembling Your First Aid Kit
Part One of a nine-part series, First Aid on the Trail will guide you in assembling your first aid kit and explain what each item does and how to use…
Horse First Aid Kit
…Human First-Aid Kit People get hurt too! Be sure your barn is equipped with a human first aid kit that includes wound supplies. Also keep a list of who to…
Essential First Aid Kit
…subjected to damp air. Plastic zipper bags are invaluable for keeping small items clean and in one place. First Aid Supplies Here is a list of basic first aid supplies…
A Basic First Aid Kit for Horses
First aid kits can be purchased from horse stores, but they can be pricey. A first aid kit can be easily compiled at minimal cost. It is a good idea…
Trail Riding First Aid Part 8: Lameness
…cotton, brown gauze, Vetrap, and elastic tape from your first-aid kit. If you identify a wound, see Trail Riding First Aid Part 6. Step 5: Administer a dose of phenylbutazone, to relieve…
Trail Riding First Aid Part 4: Heatstroke
…several mechanisms, including sweat evaporation, help the body cool itself. But extremely hot/humid weather renders these mechanisms helpless. Therefore, blood flow is redistributed close to the body surface to aid…
Trail Riding First Aid Part 7: Allergies
…his body. Allergies – What to Do: Step 1: Administer a dose of dexamethasone from your first-aid kit. This steroid acts as a potent anti-inflammatory agent, to help counteract your…
Trail Riding First Aid Part 3: Eye Injury
…using Step 2. Step 2: Rinse the eye with saline from your first-aid kit, to clean out foreign bodies (such as dust or gravel), or accumulated mucus, and to relieve…
Trail Riding First Aid Part 9: Snakebite
…1: Stop your horse and keep him quiet. Movement will sped up the distribution of venom throughout his body. Step 2: Remove your snakebite kit from your first-aid kit. Step…