Than to process a wound

First aid for any injury is to stop bleeding (at least temporarily), protect the wound from secondary contamination and penetration of microbes into it, ease the pain in the victim and provide peace to the damaged part of the body. Before handling abrasions and wounds, hands should be washed properly. Rinse the wound under a stream of cool, warm, but not hot water.

The first thing that a group doctor needs to do in case of injuring one of the group members is to stop the bleeding that has arisen. If the bleeding is capillary, and the wound is shallow, this step can be skipped. Further it is necessary to think than to process a wound and to search for necessary preparations.

The second is to anesthetize the injured (it is better to use injectable forms of painkillers, for example, intramuscularly introduce ketarol or, in extreme cases, analgin). With shallow wounds and lack of pain syndrome, you can not and do not administer painkillers, but in the event that the wound is any serious, you should not give up pain.

The third is wound treatment with an antiseptic.

Soapy water. This antiseptic, obtained by mixing water with soap. Like all Surface Active Substances (surfactants), soap is able to wash away not only dirt, but also invisible spores of fungi and bacteria. Therefore, you should wash your hands before meals daily, so as not to carry microbes into the digestive system. For the same reason, you can treat the wound with soapy water, if there are no other substances at hand. However, this antiseptic is not enough to solve the problem than to treat purulent wounds .

Salt. And in fact, a weak solution (1-2 teaspoons of salt per glass of water) is able to draw into itself pathogenic microorganisms and prevent the infection from penetrating inside. Therefore, it can be used for the initial treatment of the wound, after which it will be necessary to apply a layer of iodine or zelenka.

When you do not know what to process the wound at the table, then use handy tools. Alcohol and alcohol solutions (vodka) - this is one of the powerful antiseptics, which is used in combination with other substances in the preparation of iodine or zelenok. Do not pour alcohol, iodine or zelenku directly into the wound - this leads to pain and burns of tissues. But a solution of alcohol (for example, vodka) can be applied to the wound.

Wash the abrasion with a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide or a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This chemical oxidizer is able to disinfect any wound if the solution is prepared correctly, since in concentrated form it can create a skin burn. To use it, you should dissolve it to a pale purple color in one glass of water and rinse this solution with a wound.

Zelenka, an excellent antiseptic, is usually smeared around the wound and gently along its edges to destroy the infection in particular Staphylococcus aureus. This causative agent is one of the main goals in the treatment of purulent wounds .

But iodine should be applied around the place of cut and not to smear the wound itself, since iodine burns the place of lubrication (burning microbes) and thus can burn the wound itself, which will negatively affect the healing process of the skin.

It should be emphasized that the protection of the wound from secondary contamination (infection) is primary, on this depends the term of its healing. Therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable to touch the wound with hands, wash it, apply non-sterile dressings or tools, etc. After lubricating the edges of the wound with iodine tincture and treating the wound with penicillin or another medicine, a sterile dressing is applied to it. After you have found what to treat the wound for - start bandaging. Primary dressing plays a very important role in preventing secondary contamination of the wound. For this purpose it is most convenient to use so-called individual dressings. If there is no sterile material, you can use any clean, iron-ironed linen or cotton cloth.