Small skin injuries occur in humans very often. With particularly enviable regularity, abrasions and scratches are found in children and lovers of active life. Minor skin defects - not a reason to run to the doctor: in the arsenal of alternative medicine there are many ways to treat wounds, cuts and even ulcers folk remedies. However, there are cases where self-medication is strictly contraindicated, and they will also be discussed in the article.

What are the defects of the skin

Under the wound understand the violation of the integrity of the skin due to its mechanical damage. In domestic conditions, cuts with a knife, a razor, animal bites (“lacerated” wounds), bruised, chopped wounds are most common. The depth of such defects can vary greatly.

A scratch is a small wound that damages the skin in its surface layers. Visually, the scratch is like a strip on the skin. It is easiest to scratch on nails, slivers, any sharp protruding objects. Abrasions are formed when friction occurs on some rough object, for example, when falling on the asphalt.

Ulcers are also skin defects, but their cause is death of the skin, mucous membranes in the wound area, and abrasions. Usually, ulcers do not heal for a long time, they are prone to rotting, purulent damage. As a rule, ulcers appear in people with various metabolic disorders, so if you have recurring problems of this kind, you should consult a doctor.

When medical care is needed

It is not always possible to treat wounds, cuts, ulcers with folk remedies. If the cut is located on the abdomen, its depth is more than 3-4 mm. If the motor abilities of the fingers and limbs are impaired, and also if the cut leads to venous, arterial bleeding, an urgent ambulance must be called! Also should seek medical attention, if the wound is detected in a small child, or there are signs of infection of the wound (large amounts of pus, intoxication of the body, fever).

Treatment of wounds, ulcers and cuts folk remedies

Before starting treatment, any defect on the skin should be washed. If it is a wound or cut, then it should be thoroughly cleaned of any contamination, remove foreign bodies (for example, splinters). It is also necessary to make sure that all folk remedies for wounds, ulcers, scratches are clean and will not contribute to the infection.

Yarrow for the treatment of purulent ulcers and wounds

This recipe perfectly helps with old wounds that have already begun to fester, and also perfectly stops the blood, heals new cuts, wounds. Juice is squeezed out of a fresh plant, it is plentifully applied to a skin defect. Repeat the treatment until recovery.

In the cold season, the use of dried yarrow flowers. It is advisable to mix them 1: 3 with chamomile flowers, then pour boiling water. When napar is cooled, it is applied to the wound under a bandage for half an hour twice a day. In summer, it is allowed to apply to an ulcer, a scratch of a washed and kneaded plant under a bandage in the form of a compress. Such compresses are changed 4 times a day. Skin lesions usually heal very quickly.

Nettle for wound healing

Stinging nettle is also suitable for treating skin integrity problems. From the plant you need to squeeze the juice, moisten the bandage, bandage the wound. If it is impossible to get the juice, it is allowed to knead the nettle leaves, apply it in the form of a compress for several hours.

Such a treatment of wounds and cuts by folk remedies is even more effective if you combine nettle juice with a 1: 1 bedcloth. Before healing, periodically wash the defect with a mixture of juices, or wipe with a cloth moistened with it.

Turpentine will cure any skin problems

The resin of coniferous trees tends to heal wounds and cuts. Taking fresh resin directly from the tree, or by purchasing sap at a pharmacy, it should be carefully lubricated with the damaged area. Repeat daily. Such treatment with folk remedies is suitable for ulcers, including nonhealing ones.

The rain mushroom stops bleeding

If you collect the white body of fungi, you can easily cure any damage to the skin. This remedy stops blood very quickly. It is only necessary to cut the mushroom, attach the pulp to the wound, tie it with a bandage, remove it in half an hour.

Raincoat

The blood stops quickly, the wound heals almost immediately, which is the prevention of suppuration. You can collect the mature spores of mushrooms, dry them, and in case of skin defects, sprinkle them with spores. Medicinal properties  the dispute is the same as in the pulp of the fungus.

Plantain - a universal remedy for wounds, ulcers

For the treatment of wounds, cuts, ulcers folk remedies plantain used for a long time. Fresh leaves are washed, crushed, applied to any skin injuries, including burns, bruises, and even insect bites. Fix the leaves on the skin with a bandage dressing, change it after 3 hours during the first day. The skin defect heals quickly.

As an antiseptic and healing agent, you can use plantain and yarrow in the mixture (1: 1). The mass is crushed, kneaded with hands, put under the dressing for 3 hours. After changing the bandage, apply until healing.

Lungwort against ulcers

Fresh leaves are ground until juice goes. They are applied to an ulcer (including purulent), or to any scratch, wound. Change the bandage 2 times a day. The tool will clean pus, help wounds to tighten.

Ointment number 1 for long non-healing wounds

If no funds help, the skin defect will cure such an ointment. Take 100 grams. pork fat interior without salt, turpentine, beeswax. All the ingredients are placed in a saucepan, cook 10 minutes, strictly stirring constantly. If foam appears on the mass, it should be removed. After readiness, pour the hot mixture into the jar and store in the refrigerator after cooling.

How to apply this ointment? Before the procedure, you should wash the wound or ulcer with lime water (a spoonful of quicklime per liter of water, leave for 5 hours, drain). Then smear the ointment with a bandage (rag), attach it to the defect, tie it with another bandage. Remove the bandage the next day, repeat the treatment. The wound will heal very quickly.

Ointment number 2 for ulcers, fistulas, long-lasting wounds

Mix 20 g. fish oil and xeroform, as well as 80 grams. honey, give the mass uniformity by kneading. A clean skin defect, washed with any antiseptic, is bandaged with an ointment. Change every day until the wound or ulcer heals completely. Means stored in the cold.

Composition of wounds, lime-based scratches

It should take 100 ml of quicklime, pour 200 ml of cold clean water. After 4 hours, pour the top of the infusion into a saucepan, add an equal volume of vegetable oil, pre-boiled for 10 minutes over low heat and cooled. The resulting composition need to moisten the bandages, rags, apply them to ulcers and wounds for 5 hours. Such treatment with folk remedies helps to delay the defects in a couple of days.

Original remedy for wounds and ulcers

People say that for the treatment of wounds, non-healing ulcers, you need to take a ripe ear of wheat. After the washed, rubbed with alcohol wound should move the spikelet crosswise three times. The “procedure” must be done three times a day, and the spikelets each time must be new. It will take 3 spike per day, but it takes 3 days to carry out the treatment, no less. During this period, any skin defects heal.

The drug from the pharmacy - Novikov liquid

Novikov's liquid is used to treat wounds, scratches, as it has excellent antiseptic, healing properties. Any violation of the integrity of the skin should be lubricated with this medicine once a day. Usually wounds are delayed in 1-2 days.

Jasmine from inflamed wounds

Abrasion is a small, usually non-dangerous mechanical damage to the skin. This type of scratch, as a rule, is not deep, is expressed in damage only to the upper layers of the skin, often the abrasion looks like just a flayed skin. Each person several times in a life faces the given phenomenon.

Similar skin injuries can occur in many situations. In children who play outdoor games for a long time, abrasions on the knee are common. In everyday life in adults, abrasions on the arm, hand and other places are common. If a skin injury occurs during an accident, it will help to establish the nature of the incident.

In general, this injury is a rather unpleasant phenomenon. Damage to visible areas of the body can become temporary cosmetic defects, in some cases, scars remain. In addition, even a small injury on the skin can get an infection that can provoke inflammation and infection.

Therefore, in the event of an injury to the skin, you should immediately correctly handle the damage, apply special means that will not allow the infection to enter. Until the abrasion completely disappears, it is advisable to use special means that accelerate healing and help prevent the occurrence of scars, which may leave noticeable scars.

Important! It should be borne in mind that in some cases, an abrasion should be shown to a specialist.

Abrasion: what is it

Such a state is always a consequence mechanical damagemost often hit. Sometimes abrasions occur as a result of scratching on the skin. If such damage to the skin occurred by itself, for no apparent reason, has some excellent signs, this is a reason to contact a dermatologist.

In general, redness of the skin around the wound itself, normal swelling, sometimes accompanied by slight itching, burning sensation are normal signs of abrasions. Inexhaustible bleeding can occur, which quickly passes, the release of the ichorus. There are only a few symptoms that must alert and force see a doctor:

• profuse bleeding, does not stop for a long time;
• redness around the injury is too pronounced, swelling is accompanied by fever, severe itchingthrobbing pain;
• when injured, there was severe pollution, especially with manure, earth, and there is a high probability of infection of tetanus or other bacteria in the abrasion.

In these cases, you should always consult a doctor, you may need professional medical care. In other situations, it is worth trying to cope with the injury on your own, almost any abrasion can be well treated and cured at home.

What doctor treats

If there are signs of infection in the injury on the skin, severe contamination has occurred, the wound is too deep, you need to contact a dermatologist. However, it is often required emergency help, especially if the abrasion is caused by an accident, such as an accident.

In this case, you can call an ambulance or later call the emergency room. There, the wound is properly treated, disinfected and will tell you how to prevent infection and take care of the abrasion in the future.

What to handle abrasion

After injury, it should be treated as soon as possible to prevent infection. To do this, first of all you need to wash the wound and the surrounding tissue with warm water and soap, preferably a soft, antibacterial, then gently blot with a clean towel or napkin.

For the disinfection of the wound, there are many tools: a solution of hydrogen peroxide, chlorhexidine, iodine, brilliant green, fukortsin and others. They should be applied very carefully, it is advisable to use cotton pads or cotton buds, depending on the size of the damage on the skin.

Important! Disinfectants should not be applied directly to the wound, it can cause a burn and interfere with healing. Means gently applied to the edges of the wound, the skin adjacent to it.

If the wound is large and deep enough, after treatment, a bactericidal plaster should be applied to the abrasion. Keep it should not be more than a day, otherwise it will begin to interfere with normal healing. Normally, any wound needs to start to dry out, under the plaster it will grind, the probability of infection will increase. Under the patch can not apply any ointment for abrasions and scratches.

A day after the full treatment of the abrasion, if there are no signs of the development of someone's infection, you can use the tools to heal wounds and abrasions. With proper use, they will not allow the occurrence of scars, scars, relieve itching and burning, which sometimes occur during the healing of damage. Ointments and creams provide quick treatment.

The most effective and popular creams for healing wounds and abrasions include the following products:

• Panthenol, Bepanten;
• ambulance balsam or spray;
• Argosulfan;
• Solcoseryl and others.

These drugs moisturize and provide quick and gentle healing of wounds. It should be borne in mind that you should not put a plaster or any other bandage on the wound treated with cream, otherwise the effect may be reversed. If you are allergic to the drug, you should refuse it, choose another drug.

Wounds and skin lesions on the face heal as fast as the rest of the body. In case of moderate abrasions, one or two weeks are required for healing, then redness persists for a while.

To make an abrasion heal faster, you need to follow a few rules. Firstly, immediately after getting injured, it is necessary to treat the wound, and in no case should you delay it. During treatment, you should use wound healing creams or ointments.

You should not touch the wound with your hands, try to knock off the scab. She should move on her own, if you try to raise her, you can lengthen the time of full healing. A damaged place on the skin should not be exposed to direct sunlight, it is desirable to fully protect it from external influences. But do not always wear a plaster.

Abrasion festered: what to do

Suppuration of the wound is characterized by severe redness, extensive swelling in the area of ​​damage, severe itching. When this occurs, the discharge: usually they are whitish, yellow or greenish. Body temperature may rise, in some cases locally. All these are signs of suppuration.

If the wound is very suppurative, you need to wash it with an antiseptic, apply a sterile dressing and immediately consult a doctor. If this is not done, serious consequences may occur, extensive suppuration can provoke blood infection.

However, if after receiving an injury it is properly treated, treated with the help of specialized ointments, in more severe cases, seek the help of a specialist, suppuration should not occur. These injuries are always transferred fairly easily, the main thing is to keep the wound dry and clean.

Every person had cuts on hands at least once, but more often, these are small cuts with a knife during cooking. Basically, such cuts on the hands do not carry significant danger and heal quickly on their own. But what to do with a deep cut, during which damage to the blood vessels and, as a result, severe bleeding is possible?

A hand cut can be considered deep if its depth reaches more than two centimeters. This can be understood by the yellowish tuberous tissue (fatty layer) of a dark-red sinewy tissue (muscles) or bone seen from a wound. Of course, most likely, because of the blood, nothing will be visible, so any incised wound with bleeding must be considered potentially deep. If only the surface layer of the skin is damaged, small capillaries are damaged, and the blood quickly stops. If the bleeding continues for a long time, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Under what circumstances can you get hurt?

You can cut yourself with a kitchen knife, a blade, a piece of glass or any other sharp object. You can cut yourself with a knife while cooking food, while using the knife for other than its intended purpose, or because of carelessness. Often children get knife cuts trying to cut their own bread. In addition, knife injuries, including cuts, can be obtained during a street fight. You can cut yourself with glass if you break the window and remove the pieces with your hands.

The blade can cut itself by placing it in a shaving machine and during work, or a creative process that requires the use of this item. Not uncommon are cases of attempted suicide. A depressed person is not able to sensibly assess the situation and prioritize, therefore, he can slash at the wrist. Most often, if the victim does not lose consciousness, then after the sight of blood, the person returns to reality and begins to provide first aid.

What can threaten injury

The presence of deep cuts on the arm is quite dangerous, because when you cut your arm there is a huge risk of damaging the artery, a large vessel, or a nerve. When there are deep cuts, when an untimely antiseptic treatment bacteria penetrate into the wound, it becomes a gateway for entry into the organism of pathogens.

During infection, the hands in the cuts become prone to gangrene or a trophic non-healing ulcer. Such infections pose a threat to human life. At the beginning inflammatory process  a deep cut may begin to fester, there is a risk of phlegmon.

During this disease there is no excretion of purulent exudate to the surface of the skin. Staying inside the human body and spreading through the surrounding tissues, it leads to intoxication. If you cut your hand, then in case of hyperemia and weakness, you should immediately call an ambulance, because this condition is life threatening.

What consequences can be expected

Cuts on the hands, even if they are well handled, can lead to some consequences:

1. If you cut your hand in the area wrist jointthen this leads to a breakdown in the integrity of the nerves and tendons;
2. If you do not sew the wound edges for eight hours after receiving an injury, then it will not be possible to sew it at all because of microorganisms that have fallen into it, and it is much harder to cure a non-stitched wound;
3. If the artery is damaged, as indicated by the bright scarlet color of the blood, severe bleeding is possible, leading to death without assistance;
4. Suppuration of the wound surface is possible if a fragment of glass is not removed from the wound in time;
5. Even a small abrasion can leave behind a scar, let alone deep cuts.

If there is a deep wound after a cut, you should consult a doctor, because the consequences can be irreversible and very dangerous for a person.

How to give first aid when cutting

If there is a strong cut by glass, a knife, or other object having sharp edges, it is necessary to calm down first of all. Any actions that a person performs in a panic can lead to complications in the course of injury.

  When assisting another person, you should wear disposable medical gloves, because you can get many diseases through blood, including HIV, or AIDS, if the person providing care has even the slightest scratches on his hands. Further help is the following:

• You need to have a good look at the site of damage and assess the severity of the injury.
• The wound surface is washed with plenty of running water. It is better if it is boiled, but if there is no such one, then simple tap water will come up, and even non-carbonated purchased water in a bottle.
• If there is glass residue in the wound, they should be carefully removed on their own or, if they are not sure that removing the fragments by hand does not harm, leave the case to the doctor.
• Touching the wound site with a hand is not recommended, as this may cause the spread of the infectious process. In cases where the wound is contaminated, you can make soap suds and use it to wash your hands. The laundry soap, which many used to wash their wounds, is better not to take. For this purpose, suitable baby or antibacterial soap.
• After washing, the wound surface is soaked with a sterile bandage or gauze, but if these materials are not present, a handkerchief or another clean cloth will do. At the same time, the wound itself cannot be touched, only the skin around it.
• If the blood does not come out strongly, you just need to raise the arm just above the level of the heart, and also wrap your fingers with a bandage and press the wound with them.
• In the presence of venous bleeding (the stream is uniform, the color of the blood is dark), a tourniquet should be applied to the area just below the wound. If arterial bleeding (pulsating jet, fountain, bright scarlet blood), the tourniquet should be applied to the area of ​​the arm above the wound. Blood supply of tissues during the application of the harness stops, so that the limb is not dead, you must immediately call an ambulance.
• After stopping the blood, the cut is disinfected with an antiseptic. For example. Hydrogen peroxide, chlorhexidine or miramistine. With a deep tissue incision, the treatment must be carried out very carefully so that the antiseptic does not get inside the wound.
• The skin around the wound should be treated with a solution containing alcohol, for example, brilliant green. It is better not to use iodine for treatment, since, having gone too far with this solution, it is possible to get a chemical burn.
• Put a bandage or a clean cloth on the wound, periodically sprinkling with an antiseptic solution to prevent the dressing from sticking to the wound surface.

If the blood continues to flow ten minutes after receiving the injury, this is the reason for calling the medical team.

Loss of consciousness during injury

Due to heavy blood loss or fear of blood, a person who has had a deep cut can lose consciousness. What to do when cutting, if the victim fainted, or is in a faint state, everyone should know, because such a state can be life-threatening. To prevent fainting, do the following:

1. Open wide windows and doors, creating a draft and air flow from the street;
2. Open the collar of the victim, loosen the tie, remove jewelry from the neck that may interfere with the supply of oxygen;
3. Give a person to drink cool water;
4. Include near air conditioning;
5. The victim must breathe deeply if he is still in a conscious state;
6. A person on the verge of fainting is massaged to his upper lip and earlobes;
7. Vigorous rubbing of the cheeks helps not to faint.

If the methods described above do not give the proper result, the fleece is wetted in liquid ammonia and given to the person fainting to smell.

When you need medical help

If a person has cut himself, then the doctor should be contacted in such cases:

• wound deeper than two centimeters;
• blood does not stop for more than ten minutes;
• there are broken glass or other objects in the wound;
• a person has cut himself with a contaminated object;
• when the wound is received by a child or an elderly person;
• change in skin color, numbness and the presence of pus on the second day;
• general hyperemia and weakness;
• poor wound healing in a week.

When you get a cut something dirty, you should be vaccinated against tetanus.

Treatment

A cut always heals faster than a tear, because it has smooth edges. How to treat a cut should be known to everyone, because no one is immune from them. During treatment, washing the wound surface is done daily. To do this, you can use boiled water or a decoction of chamomile, which promotes tissue regeneration and acts as an antiseptic.

Treat cuts with different drugs can not begin without consulting a doctor.

Usually, for the speedy healing of a wound, the doctor prescribes an ointment, or a cream based on Panthenol or Levomekol. If the wound is deep, but small in size, then the doctor may put one stitch on it, or give the wound to grow together independently. Also for small injuries there is a special medical glue that glues the edges of the damage. When a large and deep wound requires stitching of the veins, blood vessels, nerve endings, muscle tissue  and skin cover.

Small cuts touch only the skin and fatty tissue directly under the skin, they usually go away on their own. More severe cuts (incised wounds) can affect the muscles, tendons, blood vessels, ligaments and nerves. Such damage should be examined by a doctor.

Scratches and abrasions are superficial damage to one or more layers of skin. Scratches and abrasions usually affect the topmost layer. Blood may flow from them, but they never become gaping. Usually scratches and abrasions occur when falling on hands, knees, and elbows. Since they often touch a lot of nerve endings, they are very painful. Usually scratches and abrasions quickly pass, but in the case of infection, you should consult a doctor. Although scratches and abrasions are usually very minor injuries and do not receive much attention, they must be washed and sanitized to prevent infection and scarring. Infection can get on with any damage to the skin, even with the slightest scratch.

Symptoms

Usually with cuts and abrasions there is a slight bleeding, which stops after 10 minutes. With the development of bleeding, which cannot be stopped for 20 minutes, or the cut was made by a dirty object (rusty knife, shovel, etc.) and there are foreign objects in the wound (dirt, debris), you should consult a doctor. You should also seek medical help if there is a need to introduce tetanus toxoid (if it was last introduced more than 10 years ago), with deep or long cuts, cuts on the face, in cases where it is impossible to join the wound edges with a patch or there is a gaping wound. Deep cuts in the joints, palms, face, neck, chest or any other areas where you prevent the appearance of scars, a cut in a young child, especially if he tears off a bandage, signs of infection (redness, pain and swelling around the wound), numbness The site also require a medical examination. It is necessary to call an ambulance if there is uncontrolled bleeding, inability to move normally or move fingers and toes, signs

During work or rest in the summer cottage there are plenty of opportunities to get hurt. Sharp and dirty garden tools, saws, screwdrivers, nippers and other equipment may be unsafe. Even if you come to the cottage to rest, you should be careful. Seriously cut, you can even a regular sheet of paper, inadvertently turning the pages.

What if you still hurt yourself?

What are the wounds

Wounds can be:

• chipped;
• sliced;
• torn;
• chopped;
• bitten;
• hurt;
• crushed;
• mixed

According to the degree of damage to the skin, the wound can be superficial  or deep. A wound is considered superficial, in which only skin covering, vessels, muscles or internal organs are not affected.

If a body cavity is damaged during a cut, such injuries are considered penetrating. Penetrating cuts are most dangerous.

Is a superficial wound dangerous?

If the damage is caused by a sharp object and is quite extensive, the healing process may be stretched. An infection can get into the wound, which can lead to the most unpleasant consequences. In order to avoid them, it is important to properly handle the cut.

First aid for a small superficial incised wound

Attention!  Do not use for washing water from ponds, lakes and other unchecked sources! If you do not have clean or boiled water, washing with polluted water can harm.

After you have cleaned the wound, try to combine the edges of the cut with each other and press tight. This will help stop the bleeding and speed up the recovery of the skin. Clean wounds caused by, for example, a knife that you just washed, you can press immediately, without rinsing.

The edges of the wound can be processed green paint  or iodineif the victim has no allergies. Do not pour iodine or brilliant green inside the cut.

To glue a wound with a plaster or not?

When is it better to glue the cut:

• if the edges of the cut are diverging;
• if the wound is large enough;
• if you need to continue working with soil or polluted materials.

Do not glue the wounds with plaster:

• deep or punctured - limiting oxygen will promote the reproduction of dangerous bacteria;
• with continued bleeding.

If you continue to work in the garden after cutting the skin, be sure to wear rubber gloves. The patch can not protect against the penetration of dirt into the wound, if you work without gloves.

What if the wound is deep?

A deep, heavily bleeding wound is a reason for going to the doctor!

How to understand that the cut is deep? A wound is considered deep if:

• visually cut depth of more than 6-7 mm;
• damaged muscle;
• the tendon is damaged or the mobility of the injured limb is observed;
• a large or medium vessel is damaged, as indicated by intense bleeding;
• visible fat tissue.

What if you get hurt and the blood does not stop?

If we have already talked about bleeding from the vessels, it would be nice to talk about them a little more.

What is the difference between venous and arterial bleeding?

• Veins  located superficially, so their damage is quite common. The venous blood is dark red, flows out evenly, fills the wound.
• Arterial bleeding is significantly different from venous. Blood from arteries  bright scarlet color. Blood splashes, gushes or is emitted by a pulsating jet.

How to put a harness when bleeding

Venous harness
  When venous bleeding harness is superimposed on the limb below the place of injury. This is because blood flows through the vein from the tips of the fingers to the heart. The venous cord tightly wraps the limb, but does not tighten too tightly.

It is ideal to use a flat rubber band for application of the harness. Of the improvised means is excellent lowered and cut along the camera from the bicycle wheel. If there is no rubber tape, you can use a leather belt, a bandage or just a strip of cloth.

If the tourniquet is applied correctly, the bleeding should stop. At the same time, the pulse must be palpable on the arteries below the overlap of the harness. If the pulse is not felt, it is necessary to slightly loosen the tourniquet.

A tourniquet for stopping venous bleeding can be successfully replaced by a clean, pressure wound dressing.

Arterial tourniquet
  Superimposed above the place of injury. Must be superimposed as quickly as possible.

The ideal material at hand for applying an arterial harness is a rubber jumper twisted twice. If they are not at hand, you can use a bandage or fabric, after twisting it. Place a layer of cotton under the harness.

A harness is applied to the artery rather tightly. If it is applied correctly, the pulse should not be detected on the limbs below the harness.

Be sure to place a note with exact overlay time under the harness. For reliability, repeat the recording on the skin of the victim and in your phone set a reminder for 30-40 minutes. After you record the time of application of the tow, you have no more than an hourto deliver the victim to the doctors.

Students are usually taught that the maximum time for applying a bundle is 1 hour in winter and 1.5-2 hours in summer. In practice, keeping the harness continuously longer than 30-40 minutes at any time of the year can be dangerous. If the transportation time is longer, periodically loosen the harness, replacing it with finger pressure.

The decision to apply a harness must be made only as a last resortwith massive arterial bleeding. Important: Incorrectly applied arterial tourniquet can lead to tissue necrosis, paresis or paralysis.

First aid for deep incised and stab wounds

1. Define bleeding type, perform a fingertip if you see a source of bleeding in the wound.
  2. It is possible to tamp the wound using sterile cloths moistened with an antiseptic. Good remedy  help with deep wounds - hemostatic sponge. It can be found in the car’s first-aid kit.
  3. If it was possible to stop the bleeding, match the edges of the wound with a bandage.
  4. If it is impossible to stop the bleeding by these methods, put a harness.
  5. When present in a deep wound. foreign objectIt is not recommended to delete it yourself. This is due to the fact that behind the object there may be an injured vessel, from which massive bleeding will open.
  6. Take the injured person to nearest hospital reception  or emergency room. If the bleeding continues or a tourniquet is applied, insist on a prompt examination by the doctor, without waiting in line. Delay in this case can be dangerous.

Important!  Do not drive yourself if you are deeply cut and can not stop the blood. Ask for help from people around you.

Ripped wounds: what to do?

An unpleasant consequence of ragged wounds may be the formation rough scars and scars. This should be taken into account when arranging ragged wounds on exposed parts of the body, neck and face.

What if you are deeply wounded by a dirty or rusty object?

Serum should be administered immediately after injury. With frequent contact with the ground, it is recommended that vaccinations against tetanus be performed in advance. This procedure will save you from this deadly disease for 10 years.

In addition to the causative agent of tetanus, there are other bacteria that "love" deep wounds. If the wound is prickly and deep - for example, you stepped on a rusty nail - there is danger of gangrene. For prevention, the doctor cuts such wounds crosswise for air access and carries out the treatment.

Should I consult a doctor?

Let's clarify the situations when you should seek medical help from a specialist:

• deep wounds;
• bleeding that continues for several minutes;
• any wounds to the neck or face;
• stab wounds with a contaminated item and lack of a tetanus shot;
• long cuts or lacerated wounds  when it is impossible to match the edges;
• wounds in children or elderly people with weakened immune systems.