Common Childhood Injuries and Poisonings
| Emergency Medicine/Urgent Care (CSG) |
| Omar Blanco, MD |
| Bradley Boetig, MD |
| Richard Brodsky, |
| Joel Clingenpeel, MD |
| Noelle Gabriel, MD |
| Candice Gabriel, MD |
| Jennifer Galiotos, MD |
| Theresa Guins, MD |
| Hans-David Hartwig, MD |
| Andrea Hornbuckle, MD |
| Connie Ketten, MD |
| Nahmah Kim, |
| Jon D. Mason, MD |
| Stephen Miller III, MD |
| Jill Miller, MD |
| Michael Northrop, MD |
| Kelli Petronis, MD |
| Michael Poirier, MD |
| Faiqa Qureshi, MD |
| Dana Ramirez, MD |
| David Riopel, MD |
| Cathy Riopel, MD |
| Suzanne Sartori, MD |
| James Schmidt, MD |
| Kim Schock, MD |
| Eric Sherman, MD |
| Thedia Smith, MD |
| Lashawne Thomas, MD |
| Kelly Vokoun, MD |
| Nicholas White, MD |
Minor Cuts, Scrapes, and Skin Wounds
Children's days are filled with running, jumping, bicycling, sports, and other fun activities that keep them active and "on-the-go" from morning until night. Along with the fun comes an occasional cut, bruise, or tumble. Luckily, most of these injuries are not serious and can be handled with some simple first-aid interventions at home. However, there are times when a physician's care is needed.
Specific treatment for skin wounds and injuries will be determined by your child's physician. In general, call your child's physician for skin injuries that are:
- bleeding heavily and do not stop after five to 10 minutes of direct pressure.
- deep or longer than 1/2 inch.
- located close to the eye.
- large cuts on the face.
- caused by a puncture wound or dirty or rusty object.
- embedded with debris such as dirt, stones, or gravel.
- ragged or have separated edges.
- caused by an animal or human bite.
- excessively painful.
- showing signs of infection such as increased warmth, redness, swelling, or drainage.
Also call your child's physician if:
- your child has not had a tetanus vaccination within the past five years, or if you are unsure when your child's last tetanus shot was given.
- you are concerned about the wound or have any questions.
Listed in the directory below is some additional information about minor cuts, scrapes, and skin wounds, for which we have provided a brief overview.
If you cannot find the information in which you are interested, please visit the Common Childhood Injuries and Poisonings Online Resources page in this Web site for an Internet/World Wide Web address that may contain additional information on that topic.
Disclaimer:
This information is not intended to substitute or replace the professional medical advice you receive from your child's physician. The content provided on this page is for informational purposes only, and was not designed to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease. Please consult your child's physician with any questions or concerns you may have regarding a medical condition.
Last reviewed on 12/31/2005