It is always good to know some first aid for those small accidents that children cause when they are playing. Pay attention to learn how to heal a wound!
Children are always very restless both at school and at home: they climb, run, jump and fall, often causing common injuries such as cuts and chafing that can be treated at home without a problem, but that it is essential to know how to act to stop the bleeding Know how to clean the wound and prevent infection.
How to heal a wound?
Any wound, no matter how small, should be considered contaminated, and this requires cleaning and disinfection to prevent complications.
1. The first thing you should do is wash your hands well with soap and water before starting to heal your child’s wound.
2. Thoroughly wash the wound with a jet of water or a physiological solution, and then clean it with soap and water, passing a damp gauze from the center of the lesion to the periphery.
3. Apply a common antiseptic with sterile gauze and passing it from the center of the wound out.
4. If the wound is light, you can expose it or put a bandaid or sterile gauze.
5. Fix the dressing with strips of special tape for this type of healing or with a bandage.
All these precautions are to prevent the wound from becoming infected, you should also take into account that before any symptoms in your child or if the bleeding does not stop, then you should go to your GP for timely attention.