How to Treat a Finger Cut?
Injuries to the fingers are common and can vary from small cuts and grazes to wounds with underlying damage to bones, tendons, and ligaments.
Injuries to the nails are the most common. All finger wounds need good management as the hand is a finely coordinated part of the body that must function correctly for many everyday activities.
A cut to a finger may go through the skin only or it can cut through blood vessels, nerves, and tendons that lie just under the skin. There will be bleeding, which can be profuse, and possibly bruising, deformity, or loss of movement or sensation if the underlying structures are damaged.
WHAT TO DO?
- Press a sterile dressing or clean non-fluffy pad on the wound and apply direct pressure to control bleeding.
- Raise and support the injured hand and maintain pressure on the wound until the bleeding stops.
- When the bleeding has stopped, cover the wound to protect it. Use an adhesive dressing or for a larger would apply a dressing pad, secured with a tubular gauze bandage.
- Seek medical help if necessary. If you need to take the person to the hospital, support the injured arm in an elevation sling.
CAUTION!
Seek urgent medical advice if there are:
■■ Severe pain
■■ Severe bleeding
■■Missing tissue or nail, or amputation of part of a finger
■■Obvious deformity
■■ A gaping wound
■■ Numbness, weakness, or loss of movement in the finger or hand
■■ A foreign object in the wound
YOUR AIMS:
■■ To control bleeding
■■ To assess whether or not the wound needs a medical assessment
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