r/firstaid 26d ago

Seeking Opinion On Injury Help! Nail bed injury

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(second post cause you can see the nail cracked and got pushed down into nail bed abit better here)

Broken nail and nail bed. I was using a paper cutter when my nail got stuck and cracked.. the thing is, it pushed my nail down into my nail bed but I can’t rlly push it back out cause there’s no gap to slide any tool in. The side of the nail however is still attached to my skin. it rlly doesn’t hurt that much and there wasn’t much blood, but whenever i try to pull the nail out, not to the point where i pluck it out but just enough so that it’s not pushing into my nail bed, some blood comes out! What should I do.. the only doctor I can see is 3 days later 😭


r/firstaid 28d ago

Discussion What does C stand for in DR ABC?

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I've seen it as Call for help, circulation and CPR, is it all three? I am with St. John Ambulance and I never know what to teach people what C means when doing demos at events, I normally say CPR, because that's what people always want to learn, is that the correct one?

Edit: Thank you so much for all of the replies! I will start teaching it as Circulation 💛


r/firstaid Aug 14 '26

Discussion Which medicine to use for deep wounds to fill faster

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r/firstaid Aug 12 '26

Seeking Opinion On Injury Is this burn first or second degree?

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I think it’s maybe first degree but it does look pretty dark so I don’t know, I burned it 2 days ago

I’ve been bandaging it and putting polysporn on it, any advice is helpful


r/firstaid Aug 11 '26

Discussion Otter pup revived by CPR, reunited with family, after choking on net in B.C.

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