WHEN baby fell to the floor and crying loudly, Moms direct approach. Before long, blood began to pour. Moms confusion, panic, worry and anxiety, what must be done if your child were injured much less bloody?If you encounter this situation, consider the tips :
First Aid Action
If your child fell or tripped a foreign object to cause injury, which must be done by parents include:
- First and foremost, do not panic! When the baby fell to cause injury should first consider whether the tissue damage or injury is accompanied by bleeding or not?
- If there is bleeding, immediately clean the wound from dirt with clean water. When in doubt use tap water, can use mineral water is widely available at home.
- Cover the wound with sterile gauze. With your palms on the screen do emphasis that this wound for 5 minutes continuously to stop the bleeding.If necessary, the wound is tied with cloth bandages or plaster but not too loud and not disturb the circulation of the injured body part. The important thing is not bleeding continues, because the body will stop the bleeding by itself.
- In conducting emphasis, do not use cotton. Cotton fibers will be left on the surface of the wound and a foreign body that inhibits wound healing process.
- The wound that was wrapped with gauze should not be manipulated because many would only hinder the healing process.
- It is not true that the injury was not allowed to get wet. If the cloth-like bandage wet because the water soaked in the bath, immediately replace with new.
- If the wound is dry, no need to use more gauze.
- Contact your doctor if your baby seems wound redness, swollen, felt warmer than the surrounding tissue accompanied by pain or see any pus.
- In the treatment of wounds, avoid using or providing substances that actually cause irritation to the wound such as alcohol, rivanol, povidon iodine or antiseptic soap or antiseptic solution.
Well, if the wound is large or has an open wound, which must be done is:
- Clean the wound with water as clean as possible so as not to cause infection. Consider the situation in the wound if the wound or not and how big the wound.
- Cover the entire surface of the wound with sterile gauze. With your palms on the screen do emphasis that this wound for 5 minutes continuously.
- If blood seeps through the screen, do not change or discard the gauze. Add a new screen on it and continue to do emphasis.
- Immediately contact your child's doctor or take it to the nearest emergency room if the injury happens big or following things:
- The bleeding continues after 5 minutes of pressure or bleeding all over again.
- Dirt on the wound can not be cleaned properly or there is a foreign body in the wound.
- Location is wound on the face or neck.
- Wounds caused by human bites, burns, injuries due to electric shock or stab wounds.
- The wound is more than 3cm long or deep wounds and tissue visible, located on the inside (muscle, nerve bone).
