Keep Your Horse Safe with the Help of a First Aid Kit

First Aid Kits for Horses

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To ensure your horse remains safe and healthy, it is important to keep the proper medical supplies on hand. This includes having a first aid kit available to tend to lacerations, abrasions and other wounds. Ideally, you should have one first aid kit in the stable and, if your horse does any traveling, another should be kept in the trailer as well.

What to Keep In Your First Aid Kit

When putting together a horse first aid kit, there are several items that should be included. Some of these items are:

• Bath and hand towels (used to allow pressure in order to slow or stop heavy bleeding)
• Betadine or other disinfectant
• Gauze bandage and gauze squares (to use for dressings)
• Large syringe (for flushing wounds)
• Leg wraps
• Ointment
• Petroleum jelly
• Q-tips
• Scissors
• Spray bottle (to help clean out wounds and the surrounding area)
• Sterile saline solution (to use when cleaning wounds)
• Surgical tape and duct tape (for holding things in place)
• Tweezers
• Wrapping bandages

Even with the proper medical equipment on hand, a serious injury can result in death. If your horse has passed on, you want to be sure its body is treated with dignity and respect while also getting it removed from your property as quickly as possible. Contact The Last Ride for the best large animal removal service in Arizona.