Puncture Wounds

What are "puncture wounds?" Well, a puncture wound is any foreign object that enters the body. Slivers, fishhook's, nails, knife stabs etc... Assuming that the wound is small, they are pretty easy to treat. If they are larger like getting stabbed or a gun shot wound, of course you would need to see a doctor.

Symptoms: Something that has "punctured" your skin. Usually hurts, turns red around the area and sometimes swell's.

First Aid: If it's small, pull it out with tweezers and wash stabbed area with soap and water. If it is larger like a knife, branch, plank, etc., do not take out but get to the doctor.

For fishhooks: Push the hook through the skin so the barb comes out, cut off the barb and now pull the hook back out. Clean the wound.

Prevention: Prevention for this kind of stuff is pretty easy and straightforward. Wear shoes when going out side, wear gloves and be sure to have your tetanus shot to prevent "lockjaw." And don't hang around any gang hangouts, is easily a good rule of thumb for not getting stabbed.