If you suffered a deep cut or wound and couldnt go to the hospital, whats the best way to take care of it?

Answer 1

That depends on how deep the wound really is. If you've cut yourself deeply enough so that there are tendons, muscle, or bone exposed, a trip to the doctor, hospital, or walk in clinic isn't really optional. Some large cuts should not be sealed together, as they have to be cleaned repeatedly during the healing process to avoid infection ( a process which can be painful). Some require wet to dry packings (in really large wounds). If it's less then 2 inches and not that deep, then I'd go with the steri strips that others are suggesting.

Answer 2

I'm tempted to say: "...have a friend kidnap a surgeon and bring him around, just no cops, please..."

Seriously, there's a point of diminishing returns here. When you use words like "...DEEP cut or wound..." I'm assuming that it's not something that you can simply Steristrip or Dermabond together. No amount of asking on the internet is going to get you healed 100%. A lot of how well you do will depend on the nature of the wound in the first place, and the type of damage done. If someone cut into a muscle linearly, it would probably heal very much on it's own. But if the muscle was cut transversely, that is, across the muscle fibers, or if there was tendon or ligament, nerve or blood vessel damage, the thing would probably never heal right unless a surgeon did the job. This, of course, is not even taking into account that the wound may heal perfectly but the patient dies of a whopping infection, blood loss, or some other metabolic derangement.

So unless you like black humor, as in "what's the best way to take care of it..." as when confronted with a lame horse (ie shoot it), there really isn't any accurate answer.

Ralph

Answer 3

Wash it thoroughly with soap and water. If it got dirty during the injury you may want to soak it in a solution of water, betadine, and peroxide for 20 minutes.
Steristrips work well (the real one's) because they have a better adhesive. If you need to make adhesive closures, use the best bandaid you can find (sticky wise) and cut narrow strips from the adhesive portion. Nexcare makes some good band aids.
Anyways, make sure the area around the wound is dry. Close the wound and strap it closed tightly with the strips.
Another thing to consider is superglue. The hospitals use it to close wounds, but the type they use is minus some of the components of regular superglue. I have done this at home several times and keep a tube in my jump kit just incase. I use the gel type superglue.
Run a bead right along the edge of the wound then close the edges together. Hold it for several minutes and then a tight bandaid to help keep it closed until it is properly set.
Problem is this. If your wound is quite deep, it may not heal correctly, or stay closed with out internal sutures.
Hope this helps!

Answer 4

First thing I would do it with a clean towel or cloth put as much pressure on the wound as possible, dont put water on it.
The pressure would slow down the bleeding so you dont bleed to death or pass out from lack of blood.

Then I would get another clean cloth and wrap it round the wound keeping it tight, making sure there was no dirt in the wound first.

Seek help from the nearest person to you, whether it is a neighbour or a passerby and see whether they can help you to the nearest doctors surgery or hospital.

If not phone for an ambulance once you have managed to do the above.

Answer 5

if it is a deep wound do not attempt to steristrip it without it being seen by a nurse or doctor. If you try and close a dirty or infected wound it will abscess and rupture. You may be better leaving it to heal by secondary intention (from the bottom up)if you really are stuck. sealing in infection is a no-no. You could end up losing that body part as a worse case scenario. You are also at risk of tetanus and septacaemia and MUST have this looked at.
Do not use anything other than (preferably boiled) water to clean - antiseptics are quite caustic to body tissues and rarely necessary. They certainly don't sterilise a wound.

Why can't you take it to a medic? is it a stab wound or is it some other reason?

Answer 6

First of all, apply pressure till the bleeding is stopped, then clean with peroxide. Next there are bandages out there called butterfly bandage it works like a stitch and holds the two edges of the cut together. Next put a light gauze dressing over the top.

Answer 7

Go to the chemist and get SteriStrips. Clean wound well and apply, using the strips to hold the edge of the cut together.

Answer 8

I would clean it out well with peroxide and apply an antiseptic. If it is bleeding, apply pressure to the site. If it is deep, I would suggest you see a doctor right away.

Answer 9

i dont recommend it but when my dad cut his hand quite badly once he was too busy to go to hospital or the chemist so he used super glue!!! apparently its the same stuff the doctors use to glue people together, i have to say it worked a treat!!

Answer 10

flush the wound out with water, use a gentle antiseptic, savlon spray then use steri strips or make butterfly stitches from a normal plaster