What to do when a pencil scratch bleeds

Patients accidentally scratched by the pencil with local bleeding how to deal with, according to the severity of the pencil scratch different, bleeding amount of factors such as objective analysis.1, if the pencil scratch is very superficial, only with cuticle damage and a small amount of capillary blood seepage. It is recommended that patients use vitality iodine cotton balls and alcohol cotton balls local thorough disinfection, Yunnan Baiyao powder local external application, sterile gauze bandage pressure hemostasis treatment, most patients in 3-5 days after the local wound can be completely healed with scabs. 2, if the patient is a deeper pencil scratches, accompanied by active bleeding. It is recommended that the patient go to the emergency department of the hospital in a timely manner, under local anesthesia to carry out thorough debridement of the wound, usually using hydrogen peroxide, vitality iodine, saline to thoroughly rinse the wound, suture hemostasis treatment. It is recommended that the patient be injected with tetanus immunoglobulin as soon as possible within 24 hours of the injury to prevent tetanus infection and to achieve a better therapeutic effect.