How to Treat Minor Cuts and Scrapes

The small hazards that can lead to minor cuts and scrapes are a part of everyday life. All it takes is one slip of focus while slicing bread and you've cut your finger. Or you trip on a curb and skin your knee.

Get immediate medical attention for a wound that is deep, bleeds heavily, or has something deeply embedded in it. If it's a minor cut or scrape, here's what to do: 

   

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Burns Treatment at home

For All Burns

1. Stop Burning Immediately

• Put out fire or stop the person's contact with hot liquid, steam, or other material.

• Help the person "stop, drop, and roll" to smother flames.

• Remove smoldering material from the person.

• Remove hot or burned clothing. If clothing sticks to skin, cut or tear around it.

2. Remove Constrictive Clothing Immediately

• Take off jewelry, belts, and tight clothing. Burns can swell quickly.

Then take the following steps:

For First-Degree Burns (Affecting Top Layer of Skin)

1. Cool Burn

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Fever in Adults Treatments

1. Take Temperature

• Temperature can be taken orally, rectally, or under the armpit.

• A person is considered feverish if oral temperature is above 100º F (37.8 C) or rectal temperature is above 100.7º F (38.2 C). Temperatures measured under the armpit are not considered as accurate and can be as much as 1º F lower than an oral measurement.

• A temperature below 100.4º (38 C) is considered a low-grade or mild fever. It means that the body is responding to an infection.

2. Treat Fever, if Necessary

No treatment is necessary for a mild fever unless the person is uncomfortable. If the fever is 102º or higher:

• Give an over-the-counter medicine such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) as directed on the label. Warning: Do NOT give aspirin to anyone age 18 or younger unless directed to do so by a doctor.

• Bathing or sponging in lukewarm water may bring the temperature down. Do not use cold water or alcohol.

• Have the person wear light clothing and use a light cover or sheet -- overdressing can make body temperature go up. If the person gets chills, use an extra blanket until they go away.

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