You know, at one point and time, we're all either going to
receive a minor injury or
help someone who has received a minor injury. Hi, and
welcome to Emergency Survival safety first aid. What we are going to talk about
is how to clean a wound prior to bandaging during safety first aid procedures. The
first thing that we want to recognize is that the area is safe, or the scene is
safe around the victim or the patient. Once we determine that the scene is safe,
if available you will want to wear some type of latex medical gloves that is
designed for safety first aid purposes of working with wounds. Once the gloves
are in place, you would assess the wound area that needs to be cleaned.
Depending on the amount of debris and dirt that may be in a wound, you could
take a look at the wound. If there is all ready a bandage in place. If there is
large pieces of debris or dirt still there, they can be removed with something
as simple as tweezers or forceps from your safety first aid kit. Picking away
the dirt or the material. If dirt or other material has gotten under the layers
of the skin or into the wound, it may have to be disinfected and cleaned with
something like a safety first aid soft nail brush. This may be painful for the
victim, however it is important to get the wound area as clean as possible to
avoid secondary infection from occurring. We could then take some type of
safety first aid sterile water or disinfected water, hydrogen peroxide or any
other antiseptic available to clean the wound area. If forceful type of
cleaning is necessary with the solution, it could be placed in something like a
safety first aid syringe or even a bulb syringe and plunged onto the area in
the form of a stream. Washing out the dirt and debris. And then we would move
on to bandaging the wound area. This safety first aid technique is very important
to clean the area as much as possible, to eliminate routes of secondary infection,
germs and bacteria. Hope that this safety first aid information helps.
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