{"id":331,"date":"2012-01-26T14:22:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T19:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=331"},"modified":"2017-06-26T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T18:50:44","slug":"whats-in-your-farm-first-aid-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2012\/01\/26\/whats-in-your-farm-first-aid-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in Your Farm First Aid Kit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See what the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is doing for<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/programs\/farm-safety\/\">&nbsp;Farm Safety&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Farm First Aid Kit is more than just a small kit you pick up from the store; it&#8217;s more than a few bandaids to cover a minor cut. A Farm First Aid Kit needs more than the basics, because there is more of a potential for real harm. A Farm First Aid Kit should include items to help stabilize a badly injured person while you wait for Emergency Response Personnel to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Although not listed as part of a Farm First Aid Kit, a cell phone or walkie-talkie can save your life, or the life of someone in danger &#8211; it allows you to call for help quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a blurb from Maine Farm Safety Program&#8217;s First Aid Kits for the Farm and Home. For the complete article, please go here:<a title=\"First Aid Kits for the Farm and Home\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/publications\/2339e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Aid Kits for the Farm and Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of items that should be in a first aid kit carried in tractors and other farm machinery.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extra change taped to the carrying case to make an emergency phone call<\/li>\n<li>A basic first aid manual<\/li>\n<li>Two triangular bandages with 36&Prime; sides (made from bed sheets)<\/li>\n<li>Spray antiseptic (not a pressurized can)<\/li>\n<li>Sterile saline solution<\/li>\n<li>Twelve adhesive bandages and four safety pins<\/li>\n<li>Two pairs of rubber or latex gloves<\/li>\n<li>Eye goggles<\/li>\n<li>Three small packages of sugar<\/li>\n<li>Mouth protection device for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dressing Supplies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four compress bandages, 2&Prime;x2&Prime;, 4&Prime;x4&Prime;<\/li>\n<li>24&Prime;x72&Prime; compress<\/li>\n<li>One roll of adhesive tape<\/li>\n<li>Six pressure bandages<\/li>\n<li>Gauze bandage<\/li>\n<li>Stainless steel bandage scissors (strong enough to cut through denim)<\/li>\n<li>One elastic wrap<\/li>\n<li>Cold pack<\/li>\n<li>Amputation preservation kit (plastic bags: one large garbage bag, four kitchen-sized and two bread bags)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See what the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is doing for&nbsp;Farm Safety&nbsp; A Farm First Aid Kit is more than just a small kit you pick up from the store; it&#8217;s more than a few bandaids to cover a minor cut. 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