what can i use to help or do to help a badly cut-burned and swollen finger. {asap need help}?
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Have someone drive you to ER. Like NOW. Get off computer, goto ER, now!
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You need to see a dr so get going please
I'd put Ice on it, elevate it, and call an on duty nurse.
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I'm not a doctor
call 911
Get to a doctor immediately, forget the cost for now and the hospital takes payments! Grab a towel before you go hold pressure on the cut with the towel and GO, GO, GO you don't want infection to set in, HURRY
GO TO THE ER NOW!
take 800 mg of acedaminofin (tylenol) silvadene cream, wrap the finger in butterfly sutures you can get all this at a walgreens or similar. Put the butterfly sutures on to keep the cut closed, these are very sticky and will not come off even in water which what you want. Apply some silvadene cream to the burn places on finger then wrap it all up in coban. Hope this helps, this what the dr. would do if you go depending on how deep the cut is. Butterfly sutures work the same as stitches.
ice right now
just cut it off
look at the finger and go to the doctor if any of the following appear or are present.
1. Active bleeding. That means if the blood is flowing and driect rpessure can not stop the flow.
2. The finger is charred but not blistered. Usually charring is a sign of severe burn known as thrid degree burn. If left untreated it can become gangrened which means it will need to be amputated.
3. Any puss. This is always a bad sign.
If none of the above exist. It probably is not that serious. Treat the cut as you would any cut with first aid cream and a band aide. The bandaide will also help the burn especially if the burn is 2nd degree (blisters).
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30 years with the boy scouts of american taking first aid training.
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