Saturday, October 20, 2012

Assembly Tips For First-Aid Kits In An Animal Hospital

By Mamie Conrad


Even in an animal hospital Wethersfield, a first-aid kit is a requirement. This is because first-aid is the initial phase that must be taken before the actual treatment can begin. With proper administration of the first-aid, the pet must be able to handle the stress of the real medication that will begin later on.

There are a lot of things that the person must pack in the first-aid kit. The first key items are the medications. He must place a good quantity of disinfectant in there since all wounds need to be disinfected. He must also place some antibiotic ointment in there along with a sterile saline solution. Hydrogen peroxide, allergy medications, anti-diarrhea, and anti-itch must be there as well.

He will also need to put in some tools in the kit. He must get a muzzle and a nylon slip leash in there. Disposable gloves, tweezers, and eye droppers must also be included. He must also consider putting in oral syringe, scissors, and nail clippers. It is also a must to get in there a paper or regular towel and a large blanket.

There should also be some supplies necessary for the kit to have. He will be needing some sterile gauze for wound dressing so put in some rolls or pads in there. Aside from the gauze, he will also need some bandage rolls. Remember to put in some first aid tapes, cottons and swabs in the first aid kit too.

Of course, he must make sure that the medications that he has stored in the kit are applicable to the animals. Before he administers the said medications, it is only appropriate that they have been approved by the doctor for use. Do not use a medicine that has not gained the approval of the pet doctor.

As the one who will be administering the medication, it is only appropriate to know which medicines are appropriate to which animals. There are a lot of medications in the kit and most of them have specific animals that they are meant to be administered to. The animals must not be administered with medication that are not meant for them or are meant for humans.

Be sure that there are no expired medicines included in the kit. It will not be a pretty sight for the one in charge of assembling the kit to forget this fact. He should always track down the expiration dates of all those medicines that are in the kit. Replace those that has already expired with new ones and dispose of the old ones.

He will also need to keep in mind that an expired medication is already useless. It is not acceptable for a professional working in this field to administer a medication that has already been expired. Moreover, he should also keep in mind that those medications in the kit should only be used for their intended purpose.

The person must follow the dosing instructions. Do this a carefully and meticulously as possible. Otherwise, he might be increasing the number of patients in the animal hospital Wethersfield.




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