Hand injury: treatment of Types, first aid,

Hand injury may be caused by many household and industrial accidents. Adequate first aid and treatment in a timely manner may prevent a significant loss of the main function.

What first aid measures should be taken when the hand is injured?

Instead of damage before focus attention on the hand, it is important to quickly verify if the victim has suffered other serious injuries which may be fatal. This can be done

discuss with him and asking specifically if he feels another pain where or anything else that he suspects is wrongif the injured can stand and walk, then there is probably no other serious injury

After the decision of the potentially fatal injuries, attention is directed towards the hand injury.

Bleeding from the hand can be controlled by

make the patient lie down and the rise in pressure handapplying directly with your hand or fingers on the injury

Applying a tourniquet to control bleeding is usually inefficient, because that a tourniquet be effective, producing a pressure of 100 to 150 mm of mercury above systolic blood pressure (upper part). It is almost impossible unless you have of instrument for measuring blood pressure.

Poorly applied tourniquets block veins (vessels that carry blood to the heart) that increases the pressure and causes more bleeding.

It is therefore preferable to avoid use of tourniquets.

Once you reach a hospital you will be

quickly and gently examinedasked to tell the exact manner in which you were injuredgiven a painkiller with tetanus and an antibioticyour hand injury will be quickly reviewed and dressed with a sterile gauzex radius of the hand will be made to detect fractures

The ligatures and forceps Surgicel are avoided in the emergency room when dealing with hand injuries as they can damage the nerves and blood vessels. This can later make the difficult surgical repair.

Other treatments depend on the type and the severity of such hand injury assessed by the treating physician.

Now, we will see what are the measures of first aid can be used in different types of injuries, including what do and not do.

Thermal burns are caused by heat. They are divided into three types

First degree (not superficial, blisters, redness only) second degree (blister formation, loss of sensation) third-degree (skin is leathery, black to Brown in color)

First aid in thermal burns aims to reduce the heat. It is better done by pouring water from the tap burned area. You can put out a fire by coverage (cuts off the coast of oxygen to the fire), but do not take the victim covered with coverage as this will allow only the heat to inflict more damage.

Other treatments will be decided by your doctor depending on the degree and extent of the combustion.

Consumes electricity are more dangerous than thermal consumes as electrical Burns current (with heat) causes damage to tissues. Thermal burns damage tissues from outside to the inside (skin, muscles and bones). Electrical burns a small amount of skin can be damaged, but a large amount of muscle can be engraved. First aid for burns electric is the same: thermal burns.

Chemical burns are caused by acids, alkali and other chemicals. First aid is by irrigation by abundant amount of water to wash the chemical. Do not try to neutralize the acid by paying an alkaline on it or vice versa. This can cause more damage.

In frostbite damage tissue are caused by loss of blood supply. Fingers or toes suddenly heating can cause more damage and should not be done. Global warming should be done gradually, by placing the patient in a water bath at 38 degrees centigrade and slowly increasing the temperature at 40 degrees.

Injection injuries are caused when fluids such as paint, turpentine, grease and other substances are injected into the tissue. It's very dangerous injuries and you must immediately report to the Hospital (even if the amount of injected material is small). As the first aid, you can try to remove as much material as possibly by gently crushing dos (not exaggerate).

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This page was last updated February 6, 2009.

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