First Aid for Bruises, Cuts, and Punctures

Whether it's a scrape from the playground a cut from a kitchen knife or something worse, knowing how to properly treat a cut, puncture, or bruise can help you heal faster and prevent infection.
Father helping son with scraped knee
What Is an Abrasion?
Gloved person placing a pressure bandage on an injured person
What You Need to Know About Hemorrhage
A healthcare provider bandaging someone's leg ulcer.
Leg Ulcers
Skin bruises.
Easy Bruising
Doctor bandaging patient's wound
How to Care for Periwound Skin
rusty nail
What to Do If You Step on a Nail
Stepping on glass
How to Get Glass Out of Your Foot in 4 Steps
How to Stop Itching Scabs: Cold/warm compresses, hand hold moisturizer, a bandage on an arm, loose clothing on a person, OTC anti-itch creams, a bath tub (for lukewarm oatmeal bath)
Why Scabs Itch and Why You Shouldn’t Scratch Them
Ecchymosis
An Overview of Ecchymosis
Individual in hospital bed touching their bruised shin.
Hematoma vs. Bruise
Unhealthy mature woman holding belly, suffering from pain
Ruptured Spleen
sutures on thumb
Do I Need Stitches for This Wound?
Woman wears skin-toned bandage on finger
Treating a Cut Finger and When to Seek Emergency Help
A woman massaging her jammed finger
Treating a Jammed Finger
a chef accidentally cuts her finger while preparing food.
How to Treat Accidental Knife Cuts in the Kitchen
A young male doctor with blue medical gloves is holding a medicine bottle and syringe
What to Do If You Experience a Sharps Injury
Bandaged finger
Can You Use Super Glue to Heal Cuts and Scrapes?
Toddler Holds Foot and Toes after Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
An Overview of Rug Burns
Treating chemical burns
Chemical and Acid Burns
foot pain
How Blood Blisters Form and How to Get Rid of Them
People with home safety concept
When You Should See a Healthcare Provider for a Cut or Scrape
emergency room
How to Treat an Avulsion Wound
patient in the emergency room with signs of internal bleeding
Symptoms of Internal Bleeding
woman in martial arts gi holding ice pack up to her eye
How a Black Eye Is Treated
Boy with splinter in his hand
How to Safely Remove a Splinter
Use of gauze on knee
Is It Pressure or Is It Gauze That Stops Bleeding?
Girl with a bruised knee
Treating a Minor Bruise
CHICAGO - JUNE 26: Pfizer's Neosporin is displayed on a shelf at a Walgreens store June 26, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.
Neosporin for Cut Treatment
An illustration of a person applying pressure to a gunshot wound of a victim in the recovery position.
How to Handle a Gunshot Wound
Bandaid on arm
How to Treat a Deep Cut Laceration
An illustration of the different places where hematomas can happen.
What Is a Hematoma?
Propolis tablets, capsules, powder, lozenge, and tincture
What Is Propolis?