Treating a simple cut or graze

Silver Wolf - First Aid: Show how to treat a simple cut and graze

• NEVER TOUCH a bleeding wound on anyone except yourself, unless you have your hand covered by plastic gloves or a plastic bag.

• Remember to wash your hands before treating a graze or cut on yourself.

• Rinse the wound under running water, if possible until clean. Let the injured person wash their own wound as they will know when it hurts.

• If you have a first aid box handy dry the skin around the wound and cover it with an adhesive plaster such as Elastoplast or band aid. Otherwise simply cover the wound with a clean handkerchief and tie gently around the injured part, using a reef knot to the tie the ends.

• Remember when removing your glove or plastic bag to take if off so that it is inside out. By doing so this leaves the blood inside the glove or bag.