Vet First Aid kits are intended to assist you in treating common animal injuries and conditions safely as well as to stabilize major wounds and other disease while you ask for professional aid.
Vet First Aid kits are first aid tools assembled personally with the guidance of a professional, such as a veterinarian, to have all equipments most essential during animal emergencies contained in the kit. These include the following:
- Antibiotic ointment: This must be put on minor wounds which have been cleaned with water and mild soap.
- Adhesive tape: This is used stabilize a bandage and/or splint.
- Clean towel: This is used as means of stopping the bleeding of an injury as well as bandage. Also, this can be used to dry your animal when wet. A towel can also be used to help stop bleeding or as a makeshift bandage.
- Cotton balls
- Clippers or a safety razor: for cutting the hair around the wound of animal
- Dose syringe: for medical administration
- Gauze sponges: for wound dressing
- Isopropyl alcohol
- Hydrogen peroxide: for cleaning the wound
- Leather gloves: serves as a protective gear from being bitten by an animal
- Latex gloves
- Nylon leash: used for restraining your dog as well as cat if necessary
- Muzzle: Muzzles serve to protect you from being bitten and they come in different sizes as well as types.
- Rectal thermometer
- Plastic wrap: Used to wrap around a bandage to keep it in place.
- Scissors
- Roll of bandage material
- Sterile lubricant: for lubricating rectal thermometer.
- Sterile eye wash: remove foreign body from eyes.
- Styptic powder: for stopping minor nail bleeds. Just apply some powder on the nail until bleeding stops.
- Sterile pads
- Tweezers: Use to get rid of ticks and thorns
- Thermal blanket: for warming your pet when in shock
- Emergency telephone numbers
- Other medications advised by your veterinarian
Every animal should be treated with care. They should also be given special attentions when they get into an accident. If we have pets, it is also advisable that you ask your vet regarding basic first aid. There are cases where in dogs choke or swallow inedible stuff. You also need to have an initial cure for poison.
Have this vet first aid kit stored with your pet’s things. Never mix it with your other first aid kits. Make sure it has a label so that you and your loved ones will not confuse it with your own first aid kit.
