What do you keep in your First Aid Kit for the barn?

Question

After a quick trip to the vet this morning (nothing serious), I got to thinking. What does everyone keep onhand for minor First Aid in the barn? I keep Furizone, Cut n Heal, peroxide, vet wrap, iodine, etc. Not just something you need a prescription for, but just good items to keep on hand for the minor everyday bump, scatches, and scrapes that horses seem to get. Or items that can help in an emergency until you can get to the vet. A lot of new horse owners may not have these (or even know that you can use a lot of household items for horse First Aid) and sharing this information could save someone a lot of stress.

Answer 1

For the barn,
stethoscope
flashlight
electrolytes, powder and paste
neosporin
diluted iodine
wound powder
hydrogen peroxide
knife for cutting bandages
wire cutters
twitch
hoof pick
fly lotion
ophthalmic polysporin
bandaging materials
vetrap
cotton leg wraps
med-rip bandage tape
latex gloves
syringe
antibiotic spray
epsom salt
petroleum jelly
thermometer

In the trailer,
cotton swabs
medical towels
wood applicators
gauze pads
bandaging tape
tape roll
alcohol wipes
sanitizing towelettes
iodine swabsticks
eye wash
surgical scrub
hydrogen peroxide
iodine wipes
flashlight
exam gloves
hoof pick
bandage scissors
bandage pins
syringes
wrap cutter
electrolyte packets
bloodstop.

Answer 2

Good question. I always keep banamine (spelling?) in my barn, it has been a life saver more then once. Also a thermometer and stethoscope are a good thing to always keep handy. Wire cutters are also important, you never know what horses can dig up in the field (I keep my pastures very safe, but in a 15 acre field there is no gaurentee that there isn't some old wire buried somewhere out there for a horse to get caught in).
Epsom salt for infections is good too. It's a good idea to put your primary vet's phone number posted somewhere in your barn, then in the first aid put a list of back up vets aswell.

I also like to keep a human first aid kit around too incase something happens to one of my boarders and no one is home.

Answer 3

Good question!!!! I have Bach Flower essence, it is a rescue remedy. I have both drops & spray. I use it ot calm my horses, befor hauling, breeding. You can put 6 drops in a water bucket. This easy application limits stress for a horse. A few sprays for a injured horse will quiet the horse so it can be helped. I have used for my dog also. It is great stuff!! Tea tree oil for minor cuts. The oil is an anti-yeast, anti-fungal & antibacterial substance that also comes in cream. Plain live-culture yogurt. If anyone not feeling to good, one of the first things I do is give them a yogurt. It adds good, live bacteria back into their digestive system. Alos heal it works great!!!! Mineral oil. & Flax seed whole for natural sand remover. TOO many to list but those are the different things, out of the norm.

Answer 4

Injectable bute, banamine, ace and rompun, penicillin,lidocaine, gentocin and amakacin. Animalintex, various size dressings and vet wrap, dmso, furacin, peroxide, betadine scrub, stapler and staple remover, vircon (disinfectant for foot baths), thermometer, latex gloves and sleeves, various sizes of syringes and needles, wound powder, purple spray - there's so much stuff in there it's hard to think. We have just about everything to cope with an emergency until we can move them to a vet or the vet gets here. I love animalintex because used cold, it's great for sprains and strains and sore shins, used hot, great for drawing pus, worth investing in a few of those. Thermometer has to be the most essential item for gaging illness anyway. We always keep injectables because of colics or mares with retained placentas and once we have discussed it with the vet, then we proceed with whatever he recommends. We usually mix the banamine and rompun for colic as it makes them a lot more comfortable. Gentocin is mainly for infusions.

Answer 5

For my first aid kit, I just try to always have the basics. I have a thermometer, vet wrap, gauze, neosporin, saline solution(in case eyes are affected), a hoof pick, iodine, and in the top of the box I have the vets number for easy access.

Answer 6

Wow. I have a whole shelf devoted to that stuff.

The basics are standing wraps, bandages, etc. And various types of gauze and other absorbing products.

Of course we have poltice and DMSO rub, linament, listerine (for rain-rot), hoof dressing for cracked/dry hooves.
We have betadine, alcohol, witchazel, iodine, peroxide, coppertox, hydracortazone, ... .(pretty much if it comes on the "ouchie isle" of walmart, we've got it somewhere.)

I keep Banamine (injectable) on hand and bute (pills) on hand 365 days a year. Better to have them than to not have them. I use Banamine for signs of colic or severe muscle injury and Bute for more of the 'regular' ouchies such as a bruised sole, slightly off, etc. They're both NSAIDS (nonsteroidal anti inflamatories) but they each have different indications so I use them accordingly and for what works best for my horse.
My current gelding does nto require tranq's so I don't keep ace, rompun, torb, etc. If either of my mares still lived with me, that'd be a different story ;)

I keep laytex gloves, ky jelly (for sheath cleaning), and sunscreen for the summer and my kid's big white blaze that gets burned.

Of course there's wormer, swat, bag balm, etc.

I also keep sterile syringes in my tack locker. If a horse refusese to eat crushed bute, you can mix the crushed pill w/ water in the syringe and administer like wormer.

I used to keep electrolytes in my locker but they expired since my gelidng doesn't need them. Again, if the mares were here, different story. So that depends on what horse I have.

I've done sutures before on horses, so I have those supplies. Needle, 'thread', vet wrap (of course), electrical tape, ....

I also keep a HUGE bottle of Purel in my locker in case I have to work on a cut, I can just use Purel and some alcohol to try to get my hands close to sterile.

Answer 7

excellent question we r getting ready to move to a farm house and this waas an excellent question!

Answer 8

banamine, betadine, sauve, hoof trimmers, pullers, aspirin, wraps, ace bandages.

Answer 9

tranquilizer gun

Answer 10

no condoms?