Re: First Aid Kit Save the Day!

[Tara Wheeler <harpy@io.com>]

Title: Re: First Aid Kit Save the Day!

> >I would like to see a list for trips into the back country where we are
> >likely to be several DAYS from the truck and hours more from the nearest
> >vet.  
>
> Vetwrap
> Duct Tape
> Ace bandages
> Sanitary Pads with plastic backing (cheapest and best individually wrapped guaze)
> Desitin
> Electrolites
> Bute
> Saline Solution for eyes (washing stuff out of eyes is very important)
> Eye ointment
> Iodine
> Easyboots
> Leatherman with plyers, wirecutters and tweezers
>
> >We cleaned it with water AM and PM and
> >she was never lame.  When we did get her home and had the vet out he
     >said it would heal fine and it did. 

Water treatment is one of the cheapest and most effective methods of treating really horrible looking wounds I've ever seen.

My horses have gashed, bitten and ripped big wounds in themselves and each other, and as long as nothing of any color was spurting or dangling, water twice a day for at least two weeks was the best thing for it.

I always use a pressure hose and gradually get them used to full force over a few days of hoseing.

You really want to de-bride (sp?) the wound as much as possible.