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First Aid Box
All the things you will find in an equine first aid box
| Item | Use |
|---|---|
| Scissors | These can be used for cutting bangages to shape and also be used to cut the horses hair if in the way of the wound. |
| Thermometor | This is used to check the horses tempreture. 37.5 - 38.5. |
| Gloves | You should wera cloves when dealing with any injury, this is to stop cross contamintion and spreading it around the yard. |
| Sterile Wipes | These can be used for cleaning a wound to stop it getting infected. With these you should not use them on the eyes as it can caus further irritation. |
| Vet Wrap | Vet wrap is used to keep bandges in place and its aslo a very sturdy material that will stick to itself. You could also use this to help create a pultise. |
| Cotton Wool | Cotton wool can be used to clean nose, eyes, docks and hocks. If using cotton wool to clean a cut it shoudl first be wet because fibres of the cotton wool can be left in the wound. |
| Hibi scrub | Hibi scrub is a disinfectant liquid that should be dialuted n water, this can be used for everything because its a difinfectant and you can make it stronger or weaker depending on the amount of water added. |
| Anti-bacterial jelly | This jelly is great for small cut because its created a boundry for the cut using the jelly, this prevent any further becteria getting into the cut. |
| Blue spray | You would spray this over a small cut which would create a crust to prevent any further infection. Before putting this on you should have cleaned for cut and disinfected it. |
| vasiline | This can be used to put on a thermomoter to help it ease in. you can also use this to hydrate there noses if they become dry. |
| Wound Powder | Would powder would be put onto a bleeding cut because the powder formes a paste which them gos hard forming a clot in the bllod which stops bleeding. |
| Aleovera cooling Jell | This jelly help swelling go down and it will also cool the muscles which will make them relex so then they don't caus any further damage. |