The child sustained minor injuries - how to help him?

Starting from 9 months of age, children can actively move around, studying the world around us. Limits their in any case impossible. It will slow down the development of the child. Of course, parents should make the house safe for the baby constantly follow him during his "cognitive activity". Even surrounded by caring parents, the child can not avoid minor injuries. We are talking about scratches, cuts, bruises, bruises, minor burns, and so on. And there will be greater, the older the child becomes, and the more opportunities to move him there.

The trauma of the child

Here, finally, he had learned to walk and run, and during one of his little trip down to the path in the park, tore the skin on your arm or knee ... pulled the cat's tail, she was angry and scratched ... Studied roll your own wheelchair, could not hold it, and she fell with the child, because of what he has formed not only the wound, and bruise. Such cases - hundreds in the life of every child. And parents should be able, first, to assist the child properly, and secondly, a clear distinction between the situation where everything can be done alone or after first aid kid he should immediately see a doctor or the nearest trauma center children's clinic.

In case scratches, cuts or abrasions should primarily rinse damaged area to prevent infection in the baby's body, and then, if necessary, to take care of stopping bleeding. To do this, press a piece of gauze or cloth to the wound and keep until the blood stops. If broken leg or arm of the child, you can ask him to pick it up and remain so for some time. Once the blood has stopped, to apply one of the external drug effect, have a wide spectrum of bactericidal activity, that is, against various bacteria.

In childhood undesirable drug-antisep tick "brilliant green" as it dries delicate baby's skin and can therefore leave the small skin lesions similar to scars. In civilized countries abandoned the use of green stuff for a long time: Western doctors include brilliant green to toxins. As for ointments with antibiotics, they are not used to treat minor injuries, but only complicated, and these medications should be prescribed only by the doctor. Best of all - serebrosoderzhaschi e bactericidal ointment, among them doctors recommend Sulfargin having good osmotic (absorbent) activity.

When bruises and hematoma - injuries that affect the muscles or fat tissue under the skin - to treat the damaged area should be "cold." To it is necessary to make the ice cold bottle of water or something like that, and hold for 15-20 minutes. Then you need to cover the place of injury or a cloth dampened with cold water for approximately 30 minutes. So, with small injuries the child's parents are quite capable to handle themselves.

Resorting to the same qualified th care is required if:

- A child, suffered an injury, does not stop the bleeding for 15-20 minutes, or pulsating bleeding blood bright scarlet - there may be damage to the artery. It is also dangerous to any severe bleeding, loss of blood. And yet - cuts on the hands and wrists - are likely to damage the tendons and nerves, and divergent cuts over the joints;

- In the wound there is something alien - glass, wood, stone, or a major injury (deep, long) or contamination. Or when the wound does not heal, it becomes inflamed;

-Damage, especially the head, entails nausea, vomiting, severe headache, dizziness;

-ranki are in the mouth or around the mouth.

In this or any other case where the parents think that the medical assistance to the injured child needs, you should ask for it immediately.

Also, parents is important to remember that a child that would be with him whatever happened, happened much more frightened than adults. For him, what is happening is unusual and incomprehensible, he experiences pain, fear, anxiety, and as a result - the strongest emotional stress.

Parents should reassure the child, first of all, by their behavior. You can not scream, cry, and generally make noise when the kid. You should not moan, groan aloud and to develop scenarios like, "cut his finger, is an inflammation, then gangrene, a hand cut off! ". Hysteria and panic on the part of the adults bring even greater harm to the child. First it is necessary to provide assistance to child calmly and in an accessible form to try to explain to him what happened, and what is and what is now doing to him. In no case can not blame the kid for a cut or a bruise, or it may begin to be afraid of their parents more than happened to him trouble, and next time will try to hide the injury - the result can be sad.

Treatment and prevention

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