Cotton balls, as medical supplies at home, are a necessity at home. The child is young and lacks knowledge of things. Especially when he is one to three years old, he likes to put things in his mouth when he sees them, and he may swallow foreign matters if he is not careful. White and soft Medical cotton ball It looks delicious. It should be placed in a place where the baby can't get it easily. If the baby finds it, it may be stuffed into his mouth.

If a child eats medical cotton balls by mistake, don't worry too much. The fiber in the cotton balls belongs to insoluble fiber, which can't be digested by the human body and will be discharged with the food residue. Therefore, a small amount of eating by mistake (two or three cotton swabs) will not cause adverse consequences. Pay attention to the child's condition. If the child has obvious abdominal pain, such as when bending down to touch his stomach, You need to go to the hospital as soon as possible. If a large amount of food is taken by mistake, it is easy to cause children's gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, and they need to go to the hospital immediately.

Usage of medical cotton balls:

1. Disinfection and sterilization. Take skin disinfection as an example. With the disinfection and sterilization position as the core, rotate the disinfection and sterilization according to the position, and the diameter is more than 5cm. Cotton balls can only be used once and cannot be recycled to prevent blood pollution.

2. Press the wound. Press in parallel to stop bleeding. Take intradermal injection (vaccination) and subcutaneous injection (buttock injection) for example, the cotton ball can press the wound in parallel.

3. Press vertically. Taking intravenous injection (mainly blood test) as an example, the injection technology of general nursing staff is: puncture the subcutaneous tissue from the top or side of the vein, and puncture the vein along the vein to the back. Therefore, after pulling out the wound, although it is only one wound on the surface of the skin, you are actually two wounds. If the pressing technique is wrong, the skin around the needle mouth will be black and green. In fact, it is caused by blood accumulation in the wound in your skin. Don't worry about this situation. The accumulated blood usually dissipates gradually within a week.