FIRST AID CABINET

It is very useful to keep a first aid cabinet at home with the main medicines that allow us to help our four-legged friend before the intervention of the veterinarian ...


In addition to common disinfectants, such as hydrogen peroxide and denatured alcohol, it should also include an iodine-based liquid disinfectant (such as surgical Betadine®); eye drops, with anti-inflammatory properties and also antibiotic eye drops, artificial tears; antipyretic, antiemetic, antidiarrheal, antihaemorrhagic drugs, against car sickness; antibiotics; antiophid serum; pesticide products (for internal and external parasites); tourniquet, hemostatic swabs, disposable syringes of various sizes, butterfly needles, physiological solution, infusion set, prismatic rectal thermometer, scissors, forceps, gauze, plasters, cotton wool, bands of various sizes, flat splints, synthetic ice, bag of hot water.


It can also be very useful to keep the Elizabethan collar (on the market there are different sizes, depending on the size of the animal), which prevents the animal from licking itself, biting the bandages and scratching itself)