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Location: PNW | Just what the thread says: besides the obvious bandages, salves, meds, etc. what are your favorite/most useful items you keep around for first aid?
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| An essential oil blend I get from a vet and Peace and Calming essential
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | GLP - 2015-05-26 7:49 PM
An essential oil blend I get from a vet and Peace and Calming essential
Oil blend also.
What and how do you use it? |
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Location: Austin, Texas, where it can get really weird!! | I have always been told to keep maxi pads on hand for very bloody emergency type wounds as you can pull them out and apply pressure and wrap them faster than you have time get gauze and absorbant bandages out of their rolls and packaging |
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Location: SE Louisiana | kewlcowgurl - 2015-05-27 2:12 AM
I have always been told to keep maxi pads on hand for very bloody emergency type wounds as you can pull them out and apply pressure and wrap them faster than you have time get gauze and absorbant bandages out of their rolls and packaging
For goodness sake!! Roll it up in something before you throw it away.... Can you imagine some young man glancing in a trash-can and seeing that? It could traumatize him for life. |
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Location: Up and over to the right | Gatorade powder (for me and the horse!)
Maxi pads and diapers - for hoof wrapping and yes bloody cuts. I had an oozing lump removed from my horse's chest a few years ago and his blankets rubbed the stitches so on went to Maxi pad to my shoulder guard and bam, no more rubs!
Thick pieces of foam (for laminitic attacks and can be used as a structural splint temporarily)
Plastic wrap for making a leg sweat
Also I use soft people ice packs and a standing bandage when trying to ice weird places - had to wrap a huge hematoma on a horse's girth area and it was SO much easier than holding ice to her. |
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| svincent - 2015-05-26 10:02 PM
GLP - 2015-05-26 7:49 PM
An essential oil blend I get from a vet and Peace and Calming essential
Oil blend also.
What and how do you use it?
Peace and Calming for a horse that has a nervous stomach in the trailer or whenever you introduce something new to him. I use stomach buffers too but the oil helps his mind. The other blend I use about 10 minutes before riding. It helps them focus and be more attentive. I use it when we haven't ridden in a while, windy days, introducing new things (objects, new maneuvers,etc.) or at a show when I want his mind clear and on me. I also love cypress essential oil. I had a horse slightly puncture his forearm and his whole leg blew up. Bute did not help and we have had a lot of rain, so it was a muddy mess. I mixed it with coconut oil and rubbed it on his whole leg. The next morning his leg was almost back to normal so I reapplied it and by feeding time in the evening, it was back to normal. I an NOT an expert with oils, I have just recently been using them on me and my horses. But these have worked so far for me and my horses. |
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Location: North Dakota | I like diapers better than maxi pads, an instant cold compress, more for me or my kids than horse but they do work on the horses too. I usually have some oils in my pocket too lately I prefer lavendar and so does my horse for calming...theres something about the oils, whether it's mind over matter or what, but I like them, my kid likes them and the horses seem to like them. Electrical tape too, for securing heavy bandages or the tail ends of chin chains or polos that are sticking out. |
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Banamine, needles and syringes as a lot of first aid kits are geared more towards open wounds-wraps/bandages/guaze
I always take Soft Rides but don't really haul with them on. They are kept in the trailer in case of a bruise etc. PHT and BOT are kept in the trailer. Lots of leg wrapping supplies. The paste that calms them down, literally drugs them to oblivion-Dormosedan. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | GLP - 2015-05-27 7:52 AM svincent - 2015-05-26 10:02 PM GLP - 2015-05-26 7:49 PM An essential oil blend I get from a vet and Peace and Calming essential Oil blend also. What and how do you use it? Peace and Calming for a horse that has a nervous stomach in the trailer or whenever you introduce something new to him. I use stomach buffers too but the oil helps his mind. The other blend I use about 10 minutes before riding. It helps them focus and be more attentive. I use it when we haven't ridden in a while, windy days, introducing new things (objects, new maneuvers,etc. ) or at a show when I want his mind clear and on me. I also love cypress essential oil. I had a horse slightly puncture his forearm and his whole leg blew up. Bute did not help and we have had a lot of rain, so it was a muddy mess. I mixed it with coconut oil and rubbed it on his whole leg. The next morning his leg was almost back to normal so I reapplied it and by feeding time in the evening, it was back to normal. I an NOT an expert with oils, I have just recently been using them on me and my horses. But these have worked so far for me and my horses.
Can you send me a pm with what all blends you use for horses? I have a ton of Young Living oils and would love to learn more uses for them. |
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Location: Missouri | komet. - 2015-05-27 4:13 AM
kewlcowgurl - 2015-05-27 2:12 AM
I have always been told to keep maxi pads on hand for very bloody emergency type wounds as you can pull them out and apply pressure and wrap them faster than you have time get gauze and absorbant bandages out of their rolls and packaging
For goodness sake!! Roll it up in something before you throw it away.... Can you imagine some young man glancing in a trash-can and seeing that? It could traumatize him for life.
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You should have seen me typing it out.... I was laughing so hard, tears were running out of my eyes...But, you made my day... I achieved my goal in life, which is to make someone laugh every day. |
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| kewlcowgurl - 2015-05-27 2:12 AM
I have always been told to keep maxi pads on hand for very bloody emergency type wounds as you can pull them out and apply pressure and wrap them faster than you have time get gauze and absorbant bandages out of their rolls and packaging
Breast pads work very well too, they are highly absorbent, don't stick that bad to wounds, and are conveniently the shape of a hoof.
When I poultice a hoof I use the breast pads, or when applying magic cushion |
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Location: Who knows | So, is this for humans or horses? |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-05-30 12:31 PM
kewlcowgurl - 2015-05-27 2:12 AM
I have always been told to keep maxi pads on hand for very bloody emergency type wounds as you can pull them out and apply pressure and wrap them faster than you have time get gauze and absorbant bandages out of their rolls and packaging
Breast pads work very well too, they are highly absorbent, don't stick that bad to wounds, and are conveniently the shape of a hoof.
When I poultice a hoof I use the breast pads, or when applying magic cushion
Great idea, they would be easier to work with too I bet. |
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| If you have a LQ keep maxipads that you have put an ample amount of water on. (In the freezer). Excellent for icing a leg.
Sting relief for bee or wasp stings. That is a necessity.
Edited by streakysox 2015-05-30 7:10 PM
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