How to deal with cutting your finger while cutting vegetables

Cutting your fingers while cutting vegetables is something that everyone who cooks regularly will encounter. Normally, it is not serious and we just deal with it simply at home, or ignore it. In the end, infection and inflammation may cause more serious consequences. Generally, if we cut our fingers and break the skin, we need to apply some alcohol or iodine and bandage it. If the injury is serious and deep, and there is a lot of bleeding, we must seek medical attention in time and follow the doctor's instructions.

Treatment of general knife wounds : 1. Wash your hands and clean the wound with boiling water; 2. Apply disinfectant, such as hydrogen peroxide. Disinfectants or anti-inflammatory drugs that are too irritating will damage the wound tissue, so use them with caution; 3. Cover with sterile gauze and bandage to secure.

2) Emergency treatment of serious knife wounds : 1. Compression hemostasis method: Press the wound directly with gauze, handkerchief or towel, and then bandage the wound tightly. This may temporarily slow the bleeding. 2. Hemostasis point acupressure method The so-called hemostasis point is the artery point close to the heart near the bleeding wound. Find the hemostasis point and press it hard to prevent the blood flowing from the heart from flowing smoothly to the wound, thereby reducing the amount of bleeding. 3. Tourniquet method: When the bleeding is severe and does not stop, tie a cloth strip, triangular bandage or rope on the bleeding point and tie it tightly; loosen it slightly every fifteen minutes to avoid tissue necrosis. It is best to seek medical attention within forty minutes.

3) If it is a small wound, you can rinse it slightly with clean water or saline (rinse around the wound in a circular shape), then disinfect it with a bandage. Do not use cotton! Please use clean gauze. When the wound is tangled, you don’t need to bandage it! If it is a very large wound, do not rinse it. Stop the bleeding first and then cover it with clean gauze. Do not forcefully remove the blood clot, as this will cause a second wound! Supplement:

It is best to always have Yunnan Baiyao at home, it has a good effect in stopping bleeding. I can teach you some simple ways to stop bleeding. If it is the thumb, you can use the other four fingers to clench the thumb into a fist. Be sure to use force. It can usually stop the bleeding. For the other fingers, you can hold both sides of the injured finger with force, or you can use a thin thread to tie the base of the finger. These methods can generally stop the bleeding successfully. These are all first aid methods. You must go to the hospital immediately to treat the wound, especially when using the thin thread ligation method. Be sure to pay attention to the ligation time not being too long. If the time is too long, necrosis will occur due to prolonged ischemia and hypoxia of the tissue.

Use cold water to cool the wound, or blow dry the blood to let it coagulate. If the wound is serious, wash it and bandage it with a clean cloth, then go to the hospital and get some medicine.