What to do when it happens. Types of Wounds-Abrasion This is when you skin your knee or elbow Wash with soap and water Hydrogen peroxide Neosporin Cover.

What to do when it happens

Types of Wounds-Abrasion

This is when you skin your knee or elbow

Wash with soap and water

Hydrogen peroxideNeosporinCover with Band-Aid

Wounds-LacerationThis is when

sometime hits you and rips the skin apart.

May need stitches

Control bleeding

StitchesMay need stitches ifVery deepOver 1/2 inch longSides wont stay

togetherAny animal bite

Controlling BleedingUse a dressingPut over cut and

squeeze

Wrap with roller gauze

Add more dressing if needed but do not remove old

InfectionsHappen when

bacteria are not cleaned from wound

RED and WARM to touch

May have pus that is white, yellow or green

Darker the color, worse the infection ….gangrene

Clean with warm soapy water

Cover with Neosporin or other TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT

Cover with Band-Aid, Check daily

BurnsThe word to

remember is……..

COOL and COVERRun cool water

over it and cover with LOOSE bandage

SunburnFirst Degree Burn

Your skin burns even after you get out of the sun

Wet towel or shirt to pull heat out of skin.

No lotions or oil

Bloody NosesLean forward

Pinch nose

Ice to back of head

Don’t stuff anything up nose

Tooth Knocked outKnocked out tooth.Find toothPlace in bag. Put

bag onice or in cool water.

Also can put tooth in milk.

Rattlesnake

Bites an Stings

Snake BiteBite markPainSwelling

What to do

Call 911WashGet still and lower than heart

Black widow Spider

Most spider bites won’t hurt you.

But beware of Black Widow with Red Hour Glass on Stomach

Brown Recluse Spider

Most dangerous spider in area.

See violin on back?

See Dr immediately.

Causes flesh to die.

Spider BitesBite MarkSwellingPainVomiting

What to do

Wash it with warn soapy waterCold PackSee Dr.

Jelly Fish

May cause breathing problems and swelling

Soak area in vinegarSoak in hot water. Stick feet in hot sand

See lifeguard

Broken BonesThis is called a displaced fracture because the bones moved.

Most times the bones crack but do not move

Very painful. Will not want to move arm.

Must see Dr.

Often look weirdTake to Dr for x ray

Splint and sling

SplintsSplints can be

anatomical

Tape a finger to another finger.

A pillow to he chest for a broken rib

Splints Rigid or Soft

Splints help keep the broken bone from moving until it is set by a doctor.

SlingsSlings are used to

support an injured arm or shoulder

Broken ArmsDislocated

ShouldersBroken Collar Bones

Choking5 back blows5 Abdominal Thrusts

Up and In

Push between naval and top of “V” of rib

Heat IllnessBody stays cool be sweating.When runs out of water it can’t sweat and begins to heat up.This is deadlyRed and sweaty

Then pale and dryThen red and dry

Heat IllnessWhat to do

Get friend in shadeTake of shoes, hat,

jacket or sweatshirtPour water over

thenFanSip cool waterCall 911

PREVENTIONDrinks lots of

WATER on hot daysStay away from

caffeine drinks like Monsters, Red Bull, Full Throttle, sodas an ice teas.

They make you more thirsty

Cold IllnessHypothermia usually

happens when wet, cold and windyShivers and shakeGets very clumsy

and confusedVery sleepyFrostbite (Black on

nose and ears)

Cold IllnessWhat to doGet wet clothes off

and dry clothes onWrap in blanketSip warm drinkGet in warm room or

car

PreventionDress AppropriatelyStay Dry.Wear hat and shoes

85% of body heat is lost from head and feet