Even profitably flayed knees cause fewer tears in children than the need to process these knees. Zelenka and iodine scare already with their name alone, and they pinch mercilessly. But there are still burns, and bruises, and cuts - summer is summer. How to treat abrasions and wounds in a child in order to do without additional suffering?
Specialists of the Odessa Special Training Center have compiled a list of modern disinfectants and antiseptics that do not cause discomfort to babies.
Go through your first aid kit, and replace the "grandmother's" brilliant green and band-aids with modern antiseptics.
Chlorhexidine in a convenient jar instead of iodine and brilliant green
Everyone who attended an injury first aid training heard about this: the green has no special, frightening microbes, action due to its color! And iodine should not be poured into an open wound at all.
Chlorhexidine is the answer to the age-old question of how to replace brilliant green.
Rinse an abrasion or a small cut, treat the navel of a newborn - please. And also - to disinfect a pacifier or toy that has fallen on the floor, to sterilize a manicure tool, and so on. Chlorhexidine is effective, does not stain clothes and hands, and is available in convenient jars with a “spout”. Also available in a spray bottle.
Hydrogen peroxide in a spray instead of peroxide in a glass jar
Most often, you will find hydrogen peroxide in pharmacies in an ordinary dark glass bottle with a plastic plug, which can only be pulled out with a knife or teeth (or by sacrificing your fingernail). However, there is another form of release - spray.
Ideal for a children's first aid kit or for field trips: nothing will break, nothing will leak on the road. At the right time, they quickly opened it, sprinkled it on the wound - you're done!
Hypothermic (cold) pack or spray-freeze instead of ice
At home, there is almost always ice or some kind of frozen food to apply to the injured area. But where to look for ice, say, at a picnic in the summer? For field trips, a cold pack is just right. Takes up little space, costs a penny, easy to use: burst the capsule inside the bag, attached to a large place. All.
It is used for bruises, dislocations, sprains, fractures, nosebleeds, as well as for burns, heat stroke, white fever.
For the more advanced, there is a tool similar in action, but not in composition: IceMix freezing spray. This is a must have in the first aid kit of any fitness club, sports section, outdoor enthusiasts.
Liquid plaster (bandage) instead of plasters of various shapes and sizes
Such an aerosol is a fairly popular remedy, but many know about it only by hearsay. This is a spray that is sprayed on small cuts, abrasions, wounds. It instantly hardens with a transparent film that lasts up to three days and is not washed off with water.
The skin under the film of plastospray does not “fade” and retains its usual mobility, so it can be applied to the folds and folds of the skin.
Extract from the instructions: forms a thin elastic transparent film on the wound or damaged skin, which has the ability to let moisture and steam out, that is, it allows the skin to breathe, which protects it from maceration. The completely transparent film allows the wound to be examined without the risk of infection. The elasticity of the film allows you to move freely without restricting movement.
There are analogues in the form of gels and liquids that are applied to dry, clean skin and dry for 30 seconds, forming a transparent and “breathing” protective barrier on the skin.
Gel against burns BurnFree (BurnAid) instead of a wet compress, ice, oil, egg white, honey, aloe juice
The best first aid for a burn is to cool the burn. And only then use the healing components. That is why applying oil, honey, and other "folk remedies" to a fresh burn is ineffective.
While you smear the skin with oil, destructive processes continue under it, similar to how fried meat “reaches” in a frying pan that has already been turned off. This also applies to sunburn.
Anti-burn gel combines several actions at once: it cools, relieves pain and disinfects. That is, in the first hours, or even a day, after a burn, you can get by with just one gel. It is available in small disposable sachets, in bottles with a dispenser or in the form of gel-soaked wipes.
If you have a bottle with a dispenser, you can use this gel for cooling / pain relief of bruises, sprains, sprains.
