Sweet&Sour
03-28-2007, 01:28 PM
I dont post alot here but I am with an issue that I am looking for some opinions on.
Went camping for the weekend and had a family members dog take off on me while I was walking him which led to be being plumetted to the concrete and ending up with road rash, some areas are at least 3 skin layers deep (ouch). My sister-law being an RN cleaned it up bandaged it, till I got home to go to an urgent care. Thinking they would clean it give me a tetanus shot(havent had a recent one), and possible antibotics in case of infection.
The Doc even though I informed them my concern was with the healing of these wounds from being a type 1,didn't even want to give me a shot,as her belief it was for dirty metals?
But everything I research says otherwise so I am glad I opted for it. As for cleaning it they just dumped some sodium chloride on it, put a bandaid over it and I was on my way.
When I asked about keeping it covered ar letting it scab over it was basically what ever you want to do?
My issue is is that I am not sure whether I shoul let it dry out or if I should keep it moist, some reasearch says moist will help it heal faster.
Has anybody experienced injuries like this,and just looking for some opinions.
Thx in advance
Went camping for the weekend and had a family members dog take off on me while I was walking him which led to be being plumetted to the concrete and ending up with road rash, some areas are at least 3 skin layers deep (ouch). My sister-law being an RN cleaned it up bandaged it, till I got home to go to an urgent care. Thinking they would clean it give me a tetanus shot(havent had a recent one), and possible antibotics in case of infection.
The Doc even though I informed them my concern was with the healing of these wounds from being a type 1,didn't even want to give me a shot,as her belief it was for dirty metals?
But everything I research says otherwise so I am glad I opted for it. As for cleaning it they just dumped some sodium chloride on it, put a bandaid over it and I was on my way.
When I asked about keeping it covered ar letting it scab over it was basically what ever you want to do?
My issue is is that I am not sure whether I shoul let it dry out or if I should keep it moist, some reasearch says moist will help it heal faster.
Has anybody experienced injuries like this,and just looking for some opinions.
Thx in advance