I used Vetrap to secure my splinted dislocated pinky so that I could ride at Pony Club championships this past summer (Warmblood gelding decided he did NOT want to go to the jog up with everyone else and would prefer a private audience with the vet after my trip to the ER thank you very much). Vetrap plus cutting off the pinky of one of my Roeckl gloves and I was “good to go”. 
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I keep both a human emergency bag and a horse emergency bag in my tack room. When I haul horses both bags get moved to the trailer. I chose bags because of easier foot transport out into pasture or onto a corse or arena. and everything can go with me at once hung over a shoulder without wasting time gathering items.
I also have a lot bigger selection of items in the tack room. The lists are pretty lengthy, and there are good posts above, but the picture is my answer to the “what do you keep it in” question.
Smaller bag is human; larger bag is horse. One thing I do have in both is Blood Stop trauma gauze and packs. They really do the job and there are many available brands these days. Expensive, but so is your horse or child.
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I have a Toughbuilt Stacktech toolbox system as a tack trunk replacement, and I use their drawer option for the first aid items. It’s similar to Milwaukee Packout & similar competitors. It was a little heavier than I anticipated so great for the barn but not ideal if you want something easy to grab and go.
So I also picked up a Dura-Tech Multi-Use Gear Bag from Schneider’s and really like that bag – it fits a surprising amount of stuff inside it and has a rigid frame so it stays open. I got the one with red webbing to help visually cue that it’s the first aid bag. Bonus points it’s on sale for Black Friday right now for a very reasonable price.
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Nice you could splint your dislocated finger. I dislocated my ring finger and can’t splint it to ride, I can only buddy tape it. It’s been about 3 months and I still can’t fully straighten it, nor can I fully bend it at. Hope yours is doing better!
I have 2 kits–kind of. I keep basic supplies for minor wound care which thankfully have been most of my mare’s issues. Soap, paper towels, gauze pads or a period pad, Vet Wrap, wound goo of some kind, thermometer and lube. Kept in a tool box by her stall
My big kit is in a fishing tackle bag. The above stuff plus lots of wrapping stuff (quilts and gauze), stethoscope, and eye wash. I just changed barns and for right now, the big kit resides in the car (or truck). Outerbanks77 has a foot locker she abandoned and will let me use so I might put it in there so it is at the barn.
Susan
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