Bumped head with tetanus?

Whether the patient’s head is broken to play tetanus, generally based on the different degrees of severity of head injury, and whether the wound is combined with infection and other factors to make an objective analysis. First, if the degree of injury is very superficial, there is no active bleeding, and the wound is not infected, can give vital iodine cotton ball local disinfection 2-3 times, sterile gauze coverage can be, do not need to tetanus antitoxin and tetanus immunoglobulin injection. Second, if the skin of the head is accompanied by active bleeding, the extent of injury to the wound is large, accompanied by obvious redness, swelling, pain and other manifestations of infection. At this time, it is recommended to use hydrogen peroxide, vital iodine, saline rinse the wound, sterile cotton ball local compression to stop bleeding, to cover the sterile dressing after the local bleeding has completely stopped, and as soon as possible within 24 hours of the injury injection of tetanus antitoxin and immunoglobulin to prevent tetanus infection.