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11-08-2009, 08:04 PM
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SI Question - Hospital dressings.
(not sure whether I can post this, but here goes nothing. Graphic-ish).
Earlier this afternoon I cut, I won't say where, but it was kinda deep and bleeding quite heavily/steadily, so I went to hospital. It was cleaned and dressed but several hours later, it's still bleeding or has been bleeding through the dressings, and not just a little bit.
I know when you're treating cuts at home, you put another dressing on the top, according to the wound care guide but...
Do I just leave the dressing on for the five days like the nurse said? Do I take it off, clean it and put a new one on? Do I put one of my dressings over the one from the hospital? Something else?
Sorry >.<
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11-08-2009, 08:54 PM
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If you take it off do you think it could cause more bleeding? If so then I think maybe for tonight put a few more dressings that you got from the hospital over the top as to not diturb it too much and cause more bleeding. In the morning I'd say if it's still bleeding through - get it checked out again. I hope everything turns out alright, Lyssie.
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12-08-2009, 02:06 AM
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If it bleeds through, put another one on top. If it bleeds through that, take it off and re-dress it. If it's still bleeding after that, you'll have to go back to the hospital.
It's still a dressing, whether it's from hospital or your own first aid kit, so I'd have thought the same procedure (sp?) would apply.
Take care x
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12-08-2009, 10:25 AM
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If what the hospital has done isn't good enough it would be a good idea to put another dressing on, keep preasure on it and go back to the hopsital
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12-08-2009, 07:56 PM
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Put another dressing over the top. if it bleeds through that then try redressing it and putting pressure on it for 10mins while redressing it. If it is still bleeding byt he morning then you will need to get it checked out again.
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12-08-2009, 10:59 PM
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if what the hospital has done isn't stopping the bleeding, i'd go back incase it needs stitching.
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12-08-2009, 11:35 PM
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Thank you for all the advice, will see about re-dressing soon X
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