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Show Care of wounds is important Scrapes and minor cuts should be carefully cleaned of every bit of foreign matter or infection may result. If the wound isn't deep, the foreign material often can be washed away with soap and water. But if you can't cleanse the wound get medical aid. Once the wound is cleansed, it should be coated with an antibiotic preparation prep-aration that is harmless to human hu-man tissue, then covered with a sterile bandage. Mycitracin, which contains three antibiotics, antibiot-ics, is recommended by many family doctors. Children like it because it is painless and mothers appreciate the fact that it is stainless and has no odor. Deep cuts and punctures definitely def-initely require medical attention atten-tion to be sure the wound is properly .cleansed. Unless a blood vessel has been cut, you can stop the bleeding by pressing pres-sing a wad of sterile gauze on the wound. If this direct pressure pres-sure doesn't stop the bleeding, apply a tourniquet until medical medi-cal aid is available. |