08/18/08 Bend
 
Building Your Own Doggy First Aid Kit

If you’d like to make your own first aid kit here are suggestions on components to have in your kit. This list is quite extensive and designed more as a car kit or home care kit. If you were going on a backpack trip you’d need to scale it down. If you have your own first aid kit you may be duplicating items so check what you already have in your own kit. You can buy kits ready made but building your own is much less expensive.

Wound Management
Iodine Solution
Triple Antibiotic Ointment
Hydrogen Peroxide
Cleansing Pads with Lidocaine
Nitrile Gloves
Tissue or Krazy Glue (make sure you have 1st aid experience
irrigating a wound before attempting to close a wound)
Kwik stop for blood clotting
20 CC Irrigation syringe (can also be used to administer liquid med)
Abdominal bandage to seal large wounds (saran wrap actually works well)
Cotton Applicator

Bandage Materials
Waterproof tape
Co-flex tape
2X2 and 4X4 gauze
8X10 and 5X8 pads
1-2 inch stretch gauze
Ace bandage with Velcro

Medicines-check with your vet before administering medications
Mylanta Tabs
Immodium
Coated Aspirin (must be buffered and no ibuprofen or acetaminophen)
Antihistamines
Cortisone
Karo syrup or glucose paste for shock
Pedialyte for rehydration
Syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting
Saline solution as a wound cleanser and eye wash
Insect Relief Pads

Medical Instruments
Rectal Thermometer
Blunt Scissors
Tweezers
EMT Shears
Hemostats (good for getting out hard to reach cheat grass, foreign items stuck in the
back of the throat, and in a dog’s ear)

Essential Items
LED penlight
Ready made hot and cold packs
Cloth Tie to use as an emergency muzzle (long strips of gauze works well too)
Bag Balm which helps to protect dog’s pads
Space Blanket for shock
First Aid book which includes CPR, poisonings, Heimlich, and back/neck injuries

Meredith Gage

Pawsitive Experience

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