First Aid – Minor Cuts And Scrapes

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Overview Of Cuts And Scrapes

• Every parent has to know how to handle wounds from the playground.
• Bleeding elbows, splinters and severed fingers all need some type of medical help.
• Essentially, if it’s anything worse than an injured ego, mom (and occasionally dad) will be called upon to arrange a dressing for the cut or scrape.
• If the wound is bad enough to deserve stitches, it wouldn’t exactly be considered minor anymore. That’s a wound that needs a visit to the doctor.
• Apart from requiring stitches, other reasons to phone the doctor includes if the wound is from a human bite or an animal.

  

• For a minor cut or scrape, a little care should be sufficient.

Clean The Cut Or Scrape

• The initial step is always to rinse the wound.
• Just keep it basic. Some of the finest emergency centers use simple tap water to wash cuts.
• If it’s particularly dirty, a small bit of soap and a fresh washcloth may be needed to get rid of all the dirt.
• If the dirt or fragments won’t come out, you may have to see a doctor to prevent infection.

End the Bleeding

• If there is a severe amount of blood you should control the blood loss right away. If it’s shooting red blood, phone the emergency services.
• A tiny amount of bleeding is actually useful. The blood discharging helps to cleanse grime and contamination.
• Though, once the wound is dirt-free, bleeding must be stopped. With a little wound, blood loss will generally discontinue by itself.
• To discontinue the bleeding, place force directly on the wound with a dressing or gauze for up to 10 minutes.
• Don’t lift the dressing to examine the wound. Every time you pick up the gauze or bandage, you can shatter the clot and begin the bleeding all over again.

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