What to do after cutting your finger with a knife

Various accidents often happen in life. For example, housewives often get their fingers cut by knives. Although the wound is small, it is extremely painful. More importantly, if it is not treated in time, it is likely to cause wound infection. Especially in the hot summer, once a wound infection occurs, it may become inflamed, and a small cut may have many adverse effects on the patient's life. So what should you do after cutting your finger for the first time?

How to deal with a knife cut on your finger? The wound is shallow and small, there is not much bleeding, the skin near the wound is relatively clean, and the finger can bend freely. In this case, you can use medical iodine to disinfect. Use a cotton ball dipped in the medical iodine to scrub the wound, and then bandage the wound after it dries. Taboo: Avoid getting water on the wound. If the wound is deep and there is heavy bleeding, first use pressure to stop the bleeding and then go to the hospital to let a professional doctor treat it.

If your fingers are cut off accidentally, they may be cut off or strangled. If this situation occurs, you can follow the following steps: Step 1: Stop the bleeding. When a finger is cut off, blood will continue to flow from the cut. At this time, you need to lift your finger up. It is best to call for help, and then bandage the wound. If this method still fails to stop the bleeding, then tightly wrap a tourniquet (can be replaced with a regular clean rope) around the base of the finger to stop the bleeding. Step 2: Wrap the severed finger with sterile gauze. Do not rinse it with water unless the severed finger is severely contaminated. Then put it in a clean plastic bag. Step 3: Go to the hospital immediately and find the relevant attending physician for emergency treatment.

The fastest way to stop bleeding : 1. Band-Aid. Band-Aids are suitable for small wounds on the body or fingers. They can stop bleeding by sticking the Band-Aid on the wound. 2. Use toothpaste to stop bleeding. If you don’t have a Band-Aid at home, use toothpaste as an emergency measure. Apply an appropriate amount of toothpaste on the wound to completely cover it, then wipe it evenly to achieve a temporary bleeding effect. Toothpaste can also be used for small skin injuries or burns and scalds. It can immediately stop bleeding and relieve pain, and prevent infection with good therapeutic effects. 3. Clean the wound with salt water. It will be a little painful during cleaning. After cleaning, bandage the wound with clean white gauze. 4. If it is a large wound, first press the wound tightly with your fingers, or cover the wound tightly with clean cotton cloth and white gauze, and go to the hospital for treatment in time. 5. If you have a nosebleed, you can press the nostrils on both sides with your index finger and thumb for 10 to 15 minutes. This can usually stop the bleeding, unless you have a blood disease or high fever. During acupressure, you can also apply a wet cool towel or ice pack to the forehead and back of the neck to stop the bleeding. The commonly used method of stopping bleeding is to press the bleeding area with your hands when the wound is bleeding. Whether you use clean gauze or other cloth items to press directly on the bleeding area, this is a direct pressure method of hemostasis. Can effectively stop bleeding. Another method is to press your fingers on the bone near the proximal end of the bleeding artery to block the source of blood supply, which can also stop bleeding. This is the finger pressure hemostasis method. The bag can be wrapped with gauze, bandages, elastic bandages or clean cotton cloth or padding made of cotton fabric. When bandaging, be careful to cover first and then wrap, with moderate force. That is, you should first cover the wound with a dressing (a cotton pad that is large enough and thick enough), and then wrap it, that is, use a bandage or a triangular bandage. For bleeding from the armpits, shoulders, mouth, nose or other blind tube injuries and tissue defects, the plugging method can be used to stop the bleeding. The bleeding cavity or tissue defect is tightly filled with cotton fabric until the bleeding stops. After filling, cover the outside of the wound with dressing and then apply pressure to stop bleeding. This method is relatively dangerous, so try not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary. This method is often used during surgery and can control limb bleeding in a timely manner, but it may cause nerve and muscle damage, and may also cause systemic complications due to limb ischemia. Try not to use it.

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