Hello my dear Steemians,
Today I wanted to write for this contest that is running by @khursheedanwar, here is the link if you are also interested:
https://steemit.com/hive-168205/@khursheedanwar/contest-alert-wound-care
I would like to tell you story about my experience with wound care, actually me and my friends decided to go hiking to the nearest natural park. It was summer time and we wanted to enjoy our warm summer days. Just before going we were packing, of course, we needed to take all necessary stuff:
- good hiking shoes, socks
- definitely needed warm sweater, rain coat
- water, some food fruits and vegs
My mother told me to take wound disinfection solution, some gauzes for cleaning, plasters and also she gave me a pack of so called skin-closure strips. I did not pay attention to that pack just put it in bag.
While we were out on our trip, we had a lot of fan and were climbing the hills, crossing the water streams stepping on the rocks. We had a lot of fan, laughing and chasing each other. You know yourselves that it is always dangerous to run there where there are wet rocks. Of course, I did not pay attention and one moment my foot just slipped off and I landed on my knee. That was excruciating pain that I was not able to get up immediately. When the first moment of pain has gone and I managed to clean my wound I saw that my knee has deep wound. I was glad that it was not till the bone just muscle. My first reaction I put a pressure with gauzes that was in my backpack.
After I noticed that bleeding stopped, my friends and me were looking at the wound. My friends were all shocked. In that moment I recalled that I had the pack with Skin-closure strips or Seri-strips. When looking at the pack, it was said that the strips needed to be put on one side and while pulling over at 90 Degree to the wound pull over to other side and stick to the skin. I applied all three sheet of steristrips and the wound had a good feel. We applied a bandage over it and I was able to walk. By the end of the day I arrived home and we went to Accident and Emergency department, where the doctor was satisfied with the wound. After cleaning the wound one more time they closed it with suture.
My conclusion is when you go for any trip, just take a pack of steristrips, that is a great help when you have any wound.
I hope you have found interesting information for you and I would like to invite for this contest following users @vickyson, @lusciouslucy, @mole1
Hello @wuddi,
I've learned from your true life story. When we sustain an injury, we should first try to stop the bleeding by applying pressure and then bandaging the wound. Personally, I feel, a deep wound should be dressed and cleaned daily, and bandages should be changed to avoid contamination. Thanks for sharing your personal story, and I wish you all the best in this contest.
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