First Aid Kit list


SUGGESTED CONTENTS OF A FIRST AID BOX

  • Thermometer (know how to read it!) +/-
  • Vaseline
  • Scissors – blunt ended & curved to trim hair away from wounds
  • Cotton wool
  • Clean container for water
  • Skin cleanser e.g. Hibiscrub Solution 4% (use at correct dilution)
  • Sterile saline / Irriclens Sterile Saline or salt
  • Wound gel e.g. Vetalintex Wound Hydrogel, IntraSite Gel 15g
  • Sterile non-stick dressing e.g. Skintact Dressing, Melolin Dressing
  • Soft padding bandages e.g. Orthoband, EasiVet Soft Bandage, EasiVet Cotton Wool or Soffban
  • Animalintex poultice or EasiPoultice Veterinary Poultice Dressing
  • Scissors to cut dressings
  • Veterinary Gamgee
  • Self-adherent bandages e.g. 3M Vetrap, CO Form Cohesive Bandage, Easitape Cohesive
    Bandage
  • Tea towel / towel
  • Tail bandage
  • Bandage tape, Surgical tape, Micropore tape

TELEPHONE NUMBER OF YOUR VET – (01728) 685 123

Last reviewed May 2019