Hand Injury: Types and First Aid Hand injury can be caused by
many domestic and industrial accidents. Proper first aid and
timely treatment can prevent significant loss of hand
function.What first aid measures should be taken when the hand
is injured? At the place of injury before directing attention to
the hand it is important to quickly check if the victim has
sustained any other serious injury that may be life threatening.
This can be done by - talking to him and asking specifically if
he feels pain else where or any thing else he suspects is wrong
- if the injured can stand and walk then he probably has no
other major injury After ruling out life threatening injuries,
attention is directed to the hand injury. Bleeding from the hand
can be controlled by - making the patient lie down and elevating
the hand - applying pressure directly with your hand or fingers
over the wound Applying a tourniquet to control bleeding is
usually ineffective, because in order for a tourniquet to be
effective it has to produce