EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST
- Keep veterinarian’s phone number handy and written down by all
- Be prepared to give temperature and other vital signs when calling for help.
- Have access to a trailer or the phone number of a person who does. Be sure all horses can load easily into a trailer.
- Have driving directions to veterinary hospital.
- Have several friends/volunteers who you can enlist to help. Have those phone numbers handy.
- First aid kit (also kits for trailer when traveling.)
- Practice taking vital signs and have something to record them on.
NORMAL VITAL SIGNS
| Pulse: 28-44 beats/minute | Respiration: 12-20 breaths/minute |
| Temperature: 99.5 – 101.5 °F | Mucous membranes/gums: moist and pink |
| Capillary refill time (CRT): 2 seconds or less (press on gum, then count seconds for color to return.) | |
FIRST AID KIT
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