First Aid Kit

[Tyla 3,179]

i want to put together a first aid kit to have when out working the dogs. it would be mainly for the dogs, hopefully not for me but you never know, so what you you all use? Thanks

[moter poacher 2]

i want to put together a first aid kit to have when out working the dogs. it would be mainly for the dogs, hopefully not for me but you never know, so what you you all use? Thanks

just take the essentials you would use for yourslf cotton wool/bandages etc?maybe some superglue,just in case

[Tyla 3,179]

i want to put together a first aid kit to have when out working the dogs. it would be mainly for the dogs, hopefully not for me but you never know, so what you you all use? Thanks

just take the essentials you would use for yourslf cotton wool/bandages etc?maybe some superglue,just in case

 

Got glue, butterfly stitches, anti septic, gauze and bandages. Anything else?

[ferret boy charlie 0]

i want to put together a first aid kit to have when out working the dogs. it would be mainly for the dogs, hopefully not for me but you never know, so what you you all use? Thanks

just take the essentials you would use for yourslf cotton wool/bandages etc?maybe some superglue,just in case

 

Got glue, butterfly stitches, anti septic, gauze and bandages. Anything else?

muzzle?

[Guest www]

Medical tape

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[labsnlurchers 39]

salt

[benbaikal 0]

tweezers

[Doglost Co-Ordinator 4]

Wound powder, vet wrap, & mini whisky- thats for you though not the dog

[sandymere 8,263]

Mobile phone with 24 hr vets number so you can go straight there and vet can be waiting. In an emergency 15 mins driving home to phone can literaly be life and death.

[Doglost Co-Ordinator 4]

Good One Sandymere, I've got vets, Doglost, petlog all in mine. I dont even hunt but as you say in emergency getting the vet straight on the phone is better than having to get home to find the phone number.

[bullmastiff 615]

Sorry for bringing this back to the top again but I've always carried a small roll of electrical tape on me, it's small and light, doesn't stick very well to skin or fur but sticks really well to it's self and once stuck is pretty water, dirt, and snag proof. It's easy to remove after as well.

The small, sealed, eye wash bottles (sterile liquid) are usefull as well for washing out eyes/cuts etc

 

Cheers

 

Luke.

[Guest buster321c]

A tampax , good for a deep puncture wound and there alway sterile . Cant think of anything better to carry , that would do the same job and take up hardly any space

[Pup of - 0]

Couple of those small capsules of sterile water, need to flush out any crap quick before infection gets a chance to get hold. A small bottle of lavender oil too. Get the pure stuff from a health food shop, pour it on neat, it's antiseptic and antiviral, it'll ward off infection and could avoid a visit to the vet for anti B's for wound infection. Works on people too!

[Kay 3,709]

A tampax , good for a deep puncture wound and there alway sterile . Cant think of anything better to carry , that would do the same job and take up hardly any space

 

Genius idea i would never of thought of that

[bullmastiff 615]

I doubt it would swell quick enough to close a wound in time? besides, the vet will be cussing you once it has swollen up and expanded inside the wound!!!

As a first Aider your taught with puncture wounds to elevate and apply pressure (applies to animals as well). Don't put anything in the hole or try and pull anything out. Anything big enough to fit a Tampax in is pretty serious and worth an imediate trip to the vets! Press a dressing, jumper, coat or even a clump of clean grass to the wound (anything to stem the flow of blood) and get to the vets ASAP!

 

Lavender oil??? there's loads of products out there that are cheaper and a LOT more effective at cleaning wounds!