Anyone
owning or caring for a horse/pony should have a well equipped
First Aid Cupboard stocked in case of a problem, but most
importantly you should keep your vet's telephone number available.
The following are items you should have in your medicine cupboard
:
1.
Cotton Wool, 3 rolls x350g hospital
size
2.
Epsom salts, 5kg/10lb
3.
Antiseptic concentrate, 500ml
4.
Table salt, 0.5kg
5.
Gamgee, 3 rolls x 500g/1lb x 40cm
6.
3 litre/6 pint enamel bowl
7.
Bandages - conforming, 10 x 10 x 4metre
8.
Self-adhesive, 10 x 10cm x 4m
9.
Hydrogen Peroxide, 20 vols 200ml
10.
Lead Lotion, 380ml
11.
Epsom salts and Glycerine paste
12.
Instruction sheet
13.
Address book, vets phone numbers etc
14.
Scissors
15.
Thermometre
16.
Zinc Oxide tape, 3 X 5cm X 3metres
17.
"instant" cold pack. You can
use frozen peas as a stand in
18.
Hand-Sized towel
19.
Wound Dressing Pad, 10 X 10cm X 10cm
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