Treating Cuts and Scrapes

Treating Cuts and Scrapes

By Anonmedic and Street Medics.

With the current situation and hospitals being utilized due to Covid19 we are going to start a series for basic home care and the most common injuries starting with 

Treating Cuts and Scrapes:

Blood is a vital component of our bodies. When someone is bleeding, you want to prevent as much blood from leaving their body as possible. Try and find a clean cloth or bandage. 

Then:

- Apply gentle pressure for 20 to 30 minutes

- Clean the wound by gently running clean water over it. Avoid using soap on an open wound

- Apply antibiotic to the wound, like Neosporin

- Cover the wound with a bandage

If someone has a nosebleed, have the person lean forward. Press a cloth against the nostrils until the blood flow stops.

The body is usually very quick at patching up small cuts and scrapes. But deeper wounds may require medical attention. 

With deep wounds:

- Clean with warm water

- Use saline ( Do not use hydrogen peroxide) *home solution saline use warm bottled water 1/9 ratio salt vs water. Use only dissolved solution and with a syringe or clean eye dropped clean out the wound

- Apply pressure

- Don’t apply ointments. Cover the area with loose cloth to prevent contaminants from infecting the wound

- Clean every 4/6 hours with warm water in the first 24 hours, every 12 hours with no sign of infection after the first 24 hours

- As always do seek medical attention as soon as possible.