As has been stated many times in this forum before:

Irrigate all wounds copiously - water, normal saline solution, chlorhexidine. We don't really irrigate a wound with betadine unless you had a lot. The key here is volume to wash out the dirt and gunk. Of course if you had lots and lots of betadine..... If you had only one bottle, it would be better to dilute wht amount in a larger amount of water to get more bang for your buck.

Don't induce more bleeding. Water is cheap, blood is not.

Don't close any dirty wounds in the field. If you can get it clean with irrigation and you are trained, you do so at your own risk.

DO NO HARM, to your wound, yourself or others!



Edited by Trusbx (07/05/04 06:31 AM)
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