FIRST AID
Dress your wound cut ulcer with pictures
Learn to dress your own wound beyond band aids, when your have no help at home in many languages.
Practical informational site with links to supplies, pressure offloading, virtual medical /allied health consults.
Mobile and multilingual friendly
First Aid Dressing Guide By Professionals
You have landed on this page as you need a quick guide, or in a panic on how to cover or re dress your or a loved one cut or wound.
These pages are ideal for home aide care workers on the run.
Dressing cuts, ulcers, wound, lacerations, grazes has become more difficult for those who have no help. This may be at
- home,
- too far from medical centre,
- lockdowns
- sports, gym, dance studio
- or are in the wilderness, bush, road
These dressings are also suitable for those with diabetes, pressure sores and poor blood flow.
Any diabetic ulcer should be linked into a wound centre.
These pages are a cheat sheet help guide to manage in between visits, at home, especially during recurrent lockdowns.
These pages are for anybody with a scrape, cut, sore and can be adapted according to where you live, where it happened e.g. in the bush, gym or at home.
Nutrition for Wound Healing
Nutrition is important for wound healing in the elderly or those with medical conditions decrease the immune system such as diabetes. Medications can also deplete some vitamins and minerals.
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