First Aid Tips on Kids Health

When it comes to scraped knees, bumps, and bruises some kids need more care then others. It can be a wide variety of reactions from a complete melt down over a paper cut to a kid wiping himself off and getting back up while gushing blood. Basic first aid for a child can be a bit tough. Here are a few tips that may help get the child’s mind off of their pain and at least distract them a bit so you can get them cleaned up.

Novelty Band-Aids can be a great way to get your child’s mind off of their injury. Cuts and scrapes always feel better it seems when there is a Band-Aid on them. There is such a fun assortment of band-aids that you can go anywhere from bacon and pickles to fairies. Getting to pick out their new personal body sticker not only will keep their wound clean but will keep their mind on something else while you get a chance to clean them up with soap and water.

If you have a child that is scared of getting their abrasions cleaned because of the fear of it stinging you could consider getting a product such as Bactine, which is formulated to be a painless antiseptic for cuts and bug bites. Otherwise if you have a tougher child hydrogen peroxide can be a fast and easy way to clean out a cut, some kids even get a kick out of how it bubbles on their cut. It is really important to get a cut cleaned up.

If you need an icepack there are a number of reusable icepacks which are geared towards kids. They include neat characters such as Elmo, Spiderman, and Hello Kitty . It is a great way to get a cold pack on them which they may use.