# How do you treat a wound? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091 "2024-01-15T02:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091/21 "2024-01-15T20:33:32Z")
> [@Nyvaak](#): > > In any case, for wound care outside a medical facility, bleeding control trumps all. To quote an EMT I know, “All bleeding stops, eventually.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091/22 "2024-01-15T20:48:19Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > lots and lots of water This. The **solution** to bacterial **pollution** is immediate **dilution**. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091/23 "2024-01-15T21:01:00Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Put a dab of Neosporin on a Band-Aid and cover the wound Wash then do that. My Doc said to do it that way. When is it healing you can use hydrocortisone to speed healing. If bleeding bad, quikclot, then butterfly closures. Then neo and bandaids. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091/24 "2024-01-15T21:59:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Wash then do that. He said that explicitly as step 1. Follow by steps 3 and 4. Not 2. People did used to say to leave the wound open to air. And people used to say, “rub some dirt on it; it’ll be OK.” Half of people are below normal. I have to admit I used to fight with my parents over band-aids. They’d insist you should never touch the sticky side because then it wouldn’t stick any more. Where should you touch? The middle. The clean, sterile middle. Aaarrgghhh. Of course, every OTC product is either far, far better than it was 60 years ago, or new to the market. There are adhesive bandages (generically speaking) that will stay on your finger if it gets wet. That did not used to be true. Maybe that’s what confused my parents. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091/25 "2024-01-15T22:35:22Z")
Wash, dry /w sterile cloth, betadine, air dry, superglue. ---
**Author:** ![Cityyewtree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cityyewtree/32/15992_2.png) [@Cityyewtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cityyewtree)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091/26 "2024-01-24T15:31:08Z")
Most wounds I’ve had in the past four to five years I’ve left to take their course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091.md?page=1)