To treat a minor cut at home first wash your hands thoroughly with soap to avoid infection. Next wash the cut with mild soap and water.
Procedure, part 2Apply direct pressure to stop the bleeding.
Procedure, part 3Apply an antibacterial ointment to coat and protect the wound.
Procedure, part 4Once the wound has stopped bleeding cover it with a bandage that will not stick to the injury.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 01/04/2011
Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Signs and symptoms that someone needs first aid vary greatly. If someone has fallen, pain somewhere in the body can mean that first aid is needed. If someone is laying on the floor and not responding, is bleeding from a cut, choking on food, or a host of other things, it is a sign that first aid is needed. First aid can be anything from putting a band aid on a minor cut to giving CPR. In order to know what first aid is needed for what sign or symptom, first aid training is available.
Because you never know when you might suffer a minor cut or scrape that such a kit could be used to treat.
If it is a minor cut, and not to much bleeding, we give first aid. If first aid kit is available, we clean the wound with spirit then put an aseptic (sterlized) plaster or film-tape. If the wound is severe and bleeding continues, we press on the wound, and call for medical help!
Minor means not serious or important. The cut was only minor, all she had to do was put a band-aid on it.
Minororities are what Archie Bunker called Minorities.
In some minor cases such as a cut finger, first aid may be able to deal with a full treatment by cleansing the wound and dressing it. In other more major cases such as CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), first aid can help administer lifesaving treatment but ongoing treatment would be given by a paramedic and/or Doctor.
If they are trained.
First aid is the care of minor injuries or wounds.
When you have a minor burn on your lip,sip on the milk.
You can treat minor cuts at work by rinsing out the cut with warm water in any sink, probably the bathroom or break room, and then putting a band aid on it.
You should rinse the cut out with cold water and put some sort of anti-bacterial ointment and cover it up with a band-aid
Cleaning a cut with an antiseptic, and then covering the cut with a bandage or sticking plaster, will keep the cut clean and help prevent infection of the wound.