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How to Dress an Open Wound
One never knows after that happen in this life. That's why it's always good to be prepared for extremes. Should you be fishing in the fantastic North Woods and accidentally slip and knock your head against a rock, it would be smart to know how to look after a large gash. By carrying emergency medical supplies or any EMS gear it is possible to drastically decrease the consequences of an injury. The following information might seem like an unlikely resource, nevertheless, you never know. It's easier to be safe than sorry.

1. If the gash is serious you will have a lot of blood. Step one in cleaning a wound is to stop the blood flow. Direct pressure is a good means by that you can control the flow of blood. Just as that ice can't form on a flowing river, blood can't clot from a flowing wound.


2. Next, cleaning the wound with water and soap is ideal. Saline solution also does an excellent job and could be easier on the cut, but if it is unavailable any kind of water and soap work very well. The wound should be kept clean in order to avoid infection, and if it seems dirtied afterwards, it should be cleaned again. If bleeding begins again during cleaning, more pressure will stop it. Sop the blood up with a clean towel.

3. Cover the wound within an antibiotic ointment and lay an adhesive dressing over it. If hair is in the way, wrap the wound loosely. Change the covering every 12 hours to ensure that the wound is healing and staying clean.

4. For lacerations and incisions (cuts) pull the skin together and hold it with a butterfly dressing. Place a bandage over the cut. For avulsions (loose flaps of cut skin) butterfly dressings also work the same way. Wounds which are superficial have not penetrated subcutaneous (fatty) tissue and can not require butterfly dressings.

5. If the wound is especially deep or large, stitches will probably be required. If you don't have access to immediate medical attention however, the most important things are to keep the wound closed and clean. If the wound has potential for high contamination, as an animal bite, it will probably not be stitched. Similarly, when there is less severe contamination you should have at most six hours before stitches are impermissible. After eight hours stitching becomes less likely.

6. If this procedure is followed there probably will not be complications. If https://notes.io/q9DRB can find, the wound is much more serious and immediate medical attention is most beneficial. Numbing, tenderness or inflammation, red streaking round the wound and fever are signs that the patient is going for a turn for the worse.

Preparation for and immediate attention paid to severe cuts can dramatically decrease the appearance of scars and prevent the patient from experiencing more serious injury. Carrying a little medical kit of emergency medical supplies is a fantastic precautionary measure to defend myself against an adventurous vacation or when participating in any extreme activity.

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