How to Treat an Abrasion

Video Transcript

"You know throughout the course of daily life we are all going to incur some type of injury. I'm Captain Joe Bruni and what I want to talk about is how to treat an avulsion or skin flap type of injury. Some type of injury that involves a flapping of the skin should be treated the same as most minor injuries involving a laceration or cut. Clean the area with some type of antiseptic solution. Sterilizing a pair of tweezers so you can hold back on the flap of skin to clean underneath. Some type of syringe should be filled with some type of sterile type of fluid like sterile water to flush dirt and debris out from under the skin flap area. If the skin flap has detached itself, dress and clean the wound as you normally would any injury or wound. If the skin flap is still attached after cleaning the underside of the skin flap, place it back in it's normal position as that skin flap will act as a skin graft during the healing process. And then bandage that area as normal. I'm Captain Joe Bruni stay safe and we'll see you next time."