1/3/2023 0 Comments Tegaderm road rash![]() You can also use non-sticking gauze pads they are cheaper than duoderm. The best are duoderm hydrocolloid types Road rash tends to be quite big, get some good big strips ready. (much better than traditional iodine) (see: Betadine at amazon) Anti bacterial soap is another option. Betadine is a good cleanser which doesn’t sting that much.Also make sure it is not a deep gash rather than superficial cuts. A doctor will check for more serious things and leave skin to the last. Check for signs of breakage and more serious issues.It’s hard to improve on this page here – dealing with road rash But, my tips would include: The fall didn’t do my leg any favours – though I still hope it will get better sooner, rather than later. Eventually, after lying on the drive for a while, I realised no one was going to come and help, so I had to pick myself up and go through the tedious process of dressing wounds again. I cried out, but the street remained as deserted as a Portuguese mountain. Going out to the bins, my trailing left leg, tripped over the lip of the front door and I went tumbling over on to the old injuries and picked up some new ones on my right hand side just for good measure. The next morning I was feeling pretty pleased with the progress of my leg so started to clear up the house. I managed to hobble around Faro and Gatwick with my suitcases and get home to Oxford. This would be funny if it happened to anyone else, but yesterday, I fell over for a second time – and I wasn’t even on the bike, just going out of the front door. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the positive side, you do learn some elementary elements of first aid. but if you do any amount of cycling you will, at some stage, be picking yourself up from the side of the road, with less skin than when you set out. Cycling is undoubtedly a marvellous thing – good for health, weight, fitness, congestion, carbon neutral e.t.c. Learn how to deal with blood and treat your own wounds.īut, unfortunately it does seem to be a bit of a compulsory extra in the cycling curriculum.In the perennially popular lists like: ‘Top 10 reasons to take up cycling’ – you don’t usually see – ![]()
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