Question

as a first aider how would you treat a friend who rubbed his/her skin against a hard object when scraped the surface his/her skin.

Answer 1

Clean the area as best you can so there is no dirt/bacteria there. Some people are allergic to Neosporin so Polysporin is better.

Sra

Answer 2

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "<I>'first aid' abrasion</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/injuries/a/abrasions.htm
http://www.adventurenetwork.com/cgi-bin/adventurenetwork/Abrasion_First_Aid.html
http://www.ehow.com/video_4400751_treating-abrasions-first-aid-minor.html
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In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

Answer 3

clean the cut then if the cut is still bleeding it might hurt but you have to put pressuere on the cut.