Here is a list of
items that every dog-owner should have on hand–just in case of an
emergency.
These items can be purchased from a drug store, pharmacist or
veterinarian.
(Thank you to Randa MacMillian, DVM for this information)
- Gauze pads and rolls, Telfa pads (non-adherent
to place on open abrasions) rolled cotton, veterinary
self-adhesive elastic wrap
- White tape
- Thermometer
- Tweezers and pliers
- Antibiotic cream
- Antiseptic solution
- Calamine lotion
- Petroleum jelly
- Cotton swab sticks
- Blunt end scissors, to safely cut bandages or cut
hair away from a wound
- Eye Dropper
- Crates or carryalls to transport an injured animal.
(A child’s plastic toboggan or flat piece of board
can be used to carry a larger dog.)
- Q-Tips
- Hydrogen peroxide, small bottle (use to induce
vomiting. To clean wounds, dilute 50/50 with water)
- Isopropyl alcohol, small bottle
- Eye irrigating solution or contact lens cleaner
- Constant Clens Wound Cleaner.
- Eye ointment. Terramycin but could also
use Triple Antibiotic ophthalmic ointment
- Polysporin or neosporin skin ointment - not
for use in eyes!
- Styptic powder, Kwik Stop
- Hemostat, small mosquito type (for clamping
off bleeding)
- Tweezers
- Syringes, 6-8 ml size (for flushing
wounds)
- Emergency blanket, reflective type found in
camping stores.
- Disposable gloves, 2 pair
- Leash, emergency type (doubles as a temporary
muzzle)
Paper with the following information:
- Your name, phone numbers
- Vet's name, address , phone number
- Emergency animal hospital name, address, phone
number
- Person to call incase you are also injured
- Dog's name(s), any medication they take,
serious illnesses like seizures, Diabetes,ect,
Any allergies
Drug doses. (may want to include a few tablets
of each in your First Aid Kit.) Important to figure out the dose your
dog wound need and list that.
- Benadry ( use generic diphenyhydramine)
1 mg/pound. Comes as a 25 mg tablet. Every 8-12 hours
- Buffered Aspirin (never ibuprofen, tylenol) 81
mg for 10 pound dog, 325 mg for a 40 pound dog
- Immodium (watery diarrhea) 1 mg per 20
pounds once or twice per day. Comes as a 2 mg tablet
- PeptoBismol (not for cats) 1 tablet per 20
pounds every 4 hours
- Kaopectate 1 TSP per 10 pounds every 4
hours
- Pepcid (famotidine) great for upset stomachs
1/2 mg/ pound every 12 hours. Comes as 10 mg tablet
- Hydrogen peroxide. Use to induce vomiting. 1
TBS per 10 pounds given once by mouth--use a syringe or turkey baster
to administer.
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