Treatment
For minor abrasions and cuts, washing
them well and covering them with an adhesive
dressing (sticking plaster or similar) is
usually all that is needed. More
severe injuries call for attention at a
hospital Accident and Emergency Department
or Minor Injuries Unit. If you are in doubt
about the severity, play safe and get a
doctor to check it.
In very severe
abrasions, so much skin may have been lost
that a skin graft may be required.
A deep cut
may require expert examination to find out
the full extent of the injury, and such
a wound must be cleaned very thoroughly
before being stitched.
Bleeding
arteries may have to be tied off. If nerves
and tendons have been cut they will have
to be joined by a surgeon, which will involve
an operation under a general anaesthetic.
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Abrasions & Cuts
