First aid for injury: what you can and can not do

What is a bruise

Strictly speaking, the injury is not a medical diagnosis in general terms. This term refers to the mechanism of injury - a bruise soft tissues get hit (hard and fast compressed), but the skin remains conditional whole, perhaps only slightly scratched.

Most often, injuries are safe. That's just they are difficult to distinguish from more serious injury - dislocation, torn ligaments, fracture.

When it is necessary as soon as possible go to the doctor

In a collision with a solid object compressed tissue, capillaries burst in them - so there is bruise. Typically, it is the main symptomWhat Is a Contusion? superficial injury. Also popular pain and symptoms are scratched when hitting the top layer of skin.

If you watch, and other symptoms, then we are talking about more serious things. As soon as possible contact the emergency room or call an ambulance if:

1. You hurt yourself head and now you queasy, there are weakness and dizziness. In this case, it could be a concussion.
2. After the strike in the stomach appeared severe weakness, pallor, tinnitus, cold sweat. Perhaps you have an internal
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   bleedingCaused by damage to vital organs.
3. You hit back and you feel that your hands and feet are no longer listen to you. Or appeared shortness of breath, coughing up blood. This suggests a possible spinal cord injury or the injury of the lung.
4. The blow was in the chest, and now with a heartbeat that something is not right. It is fraught with cardiac arrest.
5. You hurt a limb - for example, unsuccessfully fell on one knee, wrist, elbow touched the wall - and, in addition to pain, notice a strong edema, can not bend the arm or leg in the joint. So often look fracture, dislocation or ligament rupture.

Any of the symptoms listed above, requires a doctor's advice. In no case can not hope that this is just a superficial bruise: passing a dangerous condition, you lose health, and even life.

How to give first aid for injury

If danger signs and you do not have one hundred percent sure that just hurt yourself, things are much simpler. Injuries do not requireIs It a Bruise or Wound? When Do You Need Treatment? any specific treatment. Enough elementary so-called RICE-treatment.

1. R - Rest. Try to ensure peace bruised area. If you talk about the joint, they move less.
2. I - Ice. To reduce the pain attach to the faulty place something cold. For example, a thin towel wrapped in a bag of ice or frozen vegetables, water bottle filled with ice water, chilled or at least a steel spoon.
3. C - Compress. It is possible (but not necessary) to put in place a tight bandage injury - for example, to wear compression stockings. This will help relieve edema.
4. E - Elevate. Immediately after the injury, try to at least a few minutes to raise the affected area above heart level. This procedure will reduce the size of a possible hematoma.

If the bruise appeared abrasion on the skin, it is also necessary to see. Wash the wound clean water (ideally - soap). If necessary, stop the bleeding: it is enough for a couple of minutes to press the wound clean handkerchief or tissue.

Now you only have to wait. In most cases, bruises pass without trace in 1-2 weeks.