What is the best way to treat a burn quickly? Or a cut finger? Or a bad blow to the head?

Quick steps take you in one

Emergencies - whether you're miles in the desert or a few blocks from the hospital - can be important. Reggie Bennett, founder of the Mountain Shepherd Wilderness Seoul School in Catawaba, va, says, "If you're not prepared, you'll be stressed and stress will lead to bad decisions."But that does no mean that you need to score a medical text Just focus on learning what is the most important thing. Here is our guide to treating 8 common wounds.

Wrap compresses for the first three days. For a few hours a day, keep your ankles above your heart and ice for 20 minutes at 40-minute intervals.

Warning: Comfort is key. Walking around and you risk getting injured by the reins.

Get help: if you are a pedestrian or your ankles are purple or bold.

Hold a clean towel and press your hand hard on the wound for 5 to 10 minutes. When the bleeding stops, place your hand under the flowing water. Then apply antibiotic ointment or cream and bandage.

Warning: Don't peek! If pressure released in the first five minutes, you should restart clock.

Ask help If the bleeding does not stop,  if the wound is closing or more than 1/2 inch long or the joint is stretched.

Hold the injured skin under running water. Then apply antibiotic cream and loosely on the bandage.

Warning: Ice can reduce blood flow and actually reduce healing.

Get help if the burn is larger than 2 cm or wide around the joint. The skin is broken or blackened or immediately. There are blisters.

Clean the cut with soap and warm water. If you don't remember the last time you had a tetanus shot (or it's been more than a decade) go to the clinic.

Warning: Release hydrogen peroxide. This can cause more damage to the skin.

Get help: if your arm gets hot or red.

Headache, dizziness and nausea? Take a cool shower, or in front of a fan or AC and hydrate.

Warning: Heat exhaustion can lead to life-threatening heat stroke

Get help: If you faint, have a hard time drinking, stop sweating, or have a fever or high pulse

Tilt yours head forward, pinch your nostrils & hold for 10-20 minutes.

Warning: Dripping your head will make your throat bleed.

Ask for help. If it doesn't stop after 20 minutes,

Scrape Stringer with a credit card and clean the area with soap and water. Reduce pain with ice and NSAIDs.

Warning: Waste can sting more than once, so get out of there!

Seek help: if you have trouble breathing or swelling of your tongue or throat.

You know the basic steps you can take to avoid getting sick: wash your hands frequently (and for 20 seconds each time) to keep your distance from someone coughing or sneezing, and There may be a corner instead of a handshake during the cold. Also choose the flu season (and when COVID-19 is common in your area).

But protecting yourself from foreign invaders (titles, viruses and bacteria) is more than a defense strategy - you also have to take responsibility for your physical health. Here, medical experts weigh in on 14 different ways you can avoid catching something this fall and winter, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and avoiding it until people improve.

You've heard the answer to Covid 19 over the last few months, but even in the cold and flu season, especially this year - wearing a mask in public is not a bad idea.

Just a quick recovery: Almost all healthy children and adults at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend wearing a mask, except for children under 2 years of age or anyone with difficulty breathing. Be, unconscious, helpless, or unable to remove the mask without help

These are official recommendations to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but since the corona virus and influenza are spread in similar ways (through the spread of respiratory droplets), protect yourself from seasonal flu Masks can also work.