Equine Emergency First Aid

in their trailer and mistake 1 I hadnt checked the securing pins on the divider and mistake 2 I took my brotherinlaws word that their pony was a good traveller.
Burly men materialized from around the show ground to push the completely unharmed pony upright and out of the trailer then my horse was able to scramble up on his own. There were superficial cuts on his back legs above the shipping boots and he had sprained a few hind end joints. My vet knowledge back then was woefully inadequate but I had extensive first aid experience as a sports physiotherapist so I applied the resticecompression principals and he recovered completely within a couple of weeks. My first aid kit was in my trailer at home mistake 3 but the kind men who helped us provided wound cleaning supplies and I found a hose with a limitless supply of cold water for the swelling. I palpated his spine as I would a human and he seemed pain free. A lot of lessons were learned that day!