Tis the season for cuts and scrapes-How do you treat them?

[veronica]

DD is 4 and DS is 21 months so I expect a big cut and scrape summer for both. Till now, they each have only fallen about once where they broke skin. We have a first aid kit in the house and in each car but since we have never had to deal with it, I am wondering what I should have super handy.

This is what I think but please help me out:

1. Spray area with some sort of antibiotic/cleaning spray-WHICH ONE, WHAT TO GET??
2. Apply ointment (like neosporin)- WHICH ONE?
3. Bandage, this I think I can handle

so-what antiseptic sprays and ointments are the favs around here?

TIA

[brittone2]

I've heard good things about Scab Dab, but haven't tried it yet. It is from a company called Indigo Wild. That would be for more minor scrapes vs. a big huge cut.

[fortato]

Does anyone remember when your mom would put Merthiolate or Merchurochrome on your cuts and scrapes?? That stuff STUNG!!!

Now, I rinse with cool water, then wash it with soap, and then triple antibiotic ointment (or Neosporin) and bandage.

I keep a little first aid kit in the car, it has an antiseptic wipe and band-aids in it. I just wipe off the cut, and slap a band-aid on it. When we get home, I fix it up right.

[m448]

drop of tea tree oil mostly, no ointment. Baindaid if the cut is bleeding and needs to be shut but only for a couple of hours. Arnica tablets if they bonked a body part.

Breastmilk is great for cuts too.

[maestramommy]

I usually wash with soap and water, then put Neosporin and a bandaid on.

[maestramommy]

Originally Posted by fortato

Does anyone remember when your mom would put Merthiolate or Merchurochrome on your cuts and scrapes?? That stuff STUNG!!!.

My parents used Merchurochrome all the time. I think that was okay. It was the stuff with tincture in it that STUNG! I don't know what it was called, it wasn't quite as red.

[Ceepa]

Originally Posted by fortato

Does anyone remember when your mom would put Merthiolate or Merchurochrome on your cuts and scrapes?? That stuff STUNG!!

Remember how it stained your skin, and the BandAid and any clothing it dripped on?

[bubbaray]

Originally Posted by maestramommy

I usually wash with soap and water, then put Neosporin and a bandaid on.

, except I use Kids Polysporin, which has a bit of topical pain reliever in it -- I also prefer the Kids version for myself.

[SnuggleBuggles]

My dh is very anti-antibiotic treatments for most cuts so he won't use Neopsorin and the like. He washes with soap (non antibacterial) and water. I have been doing that more lately. But, I do keep a bottle of the Band-Aid brand Hurt Free Antiseptic Wash in the house and in the car. It is very handy in the car in case you aren't near water. I use Neosporin after.

Beth

[Moneypenny]

We just wash gently with water and put a bandaid on for a while because DD believes bandaids will make it better. We take the bandaid off in a couple of hours if it's a wound that would benefit from getting some air. Sometimes we use that Nu-skin stuff if it's in a spot where a bandaid won't adhere.

If it starts to look infected after a day or two we'll put antibiotic ointment on it, but I usually try to avoid that. If it's more bruise than scrape, we'll use arnica cream.