{"id":8824,"date":"2022-11-22T06:09:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.38.93.90\/?page_id=8824"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:50:13","slug":"minor-injuries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eastcare.co.nz\/zh\/services\/nursing\/minor-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minor injuries<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Learn how to treat minor injuries such as burns, lacerations, puncture wounds, bruises and sprains. Let us help you at Urgent Care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is a minor injury? (and when to come to Urgent Care)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every day we help people with minor injuries in our clinic. Accidents happen! A quick assessment of a wound, graze, or laceration<\/a> will determine what care you need. Our minor injuries clinic can help you with sprains, strains, bumps and bruises too.<\/p>

Of course, if you already have an infection, you can see our\u00a0Nurse Practioner<\/a>\u00a0who can give you a prescription to be picked up at our onsite Pharmacy.<\/p>

Three steps for assessing a minor injury (and determining if you need to come to our centre)<\/h3>
  1. \u00a0Does the wound need stitching? If the wound is gaping or a cut is deep it will need to be assessed. If you wound is on the face it might scar if not properly treated.\u00a0<\/li>
  2. Are you having difficulty controlling bleeding? If you’ve put pressure onto the cut and it is not under control within 20 minutes, come in to see us.<\/li>
  3. If there is a\u00a0foreign body<\/a>\u00a0inside the wound we might need to remove it for you i.e. glass, a thorn, gravel or a splinter.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Signs your minor injury needs medical assessment & treatment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    It’s important to get proper care of injuries that might become infected, no matter how minor they may seem. Unfortunately, cuts or burns<\/a> that aren’t properly dressed are the least likely to heal well.\u00a0<\/p>

    Good wound care starts with careful, sterile cleaning and dressing. But s<\/span>ometimes, your wound might need topical or oral antibiotics later if an infection takes hold.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

    Signs of infection or deterioration include:<\/p>