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> What inventive solutions have others come up with for emergencies while
> away from home?
I've seen quite a bunch, as both a ride vet and as a clinician.  Had a
client horse suffer a similar injury to what you described, only much
deeper (hit an artery deeper in, and was spurting blood in an arc about as
high as my head) while he was WAAAAY out in the toolies riding for cattle.
He made a very effective pressure wrap out of his longjohns top, led the
horse an hour to his stock truck, drove another hour and a half to the
clinic, and when we "uncorked" the thing, it immediately started shooting
blood again.  But at least in the clinic, we could put in a dollop of
local anesthetic and then go in with a hemostat and grap the end of the
offending little artery and tie it off...

But the best one I've seen come into a vet check was another similar
injury which came merrily into the vet check with the rider's bra holding
it in check...  :-)

Heidi



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The whole ride experience can be very hard, and at times you question why
you put yourself through such abuse. But then you remember all those
moments when you pop up over a hill and are suddenly surrounded by the most
stunning views.  It's just you and your horse and for a moment time stops
and you can hear the angels sing.  Therein lies the addiction, at least for
me. 
~  Leslie Beyers

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