While you encounter any accident & step ahead to help... DO NOT FORGET THIS

While you encounter any accident & step ahead to help...

DO NOT FORGET THIS

If you have an open wound / cut / injury over your own skin, please refrain from touching a bleeding victim. Avoid blood contact of any person unless you are in a position to save life by taking that risk.

Know it why...

© Dr. Rajas Deshpande

A well educated businessman driving in his car with his family had an accident. He had some bleeding wounds, but was fully conscious and alert after the accident. A few young college-going students stopped to help, picked him up, hailed an autorickshaw and took him to the hospital. The patient’s wife and child followed in another.The junior surgical and orthopedic residents examined the patient, stitched his bleeding wounds and started medicines. The wardboys and other staff carried the patient to the CT scanner, and shifted him to the casualty after the scan. Patient’s wife accompanied him throughout. When the senior surgeon came over and asked details of prior health status, the patient requested privacy and revealed that he had recently been diagnosed with HIV infection,and was taking some traditional medicine for that.

Atleast 4 College students, the autorickshaw driver, and 2 wardboys had been exposed to direct contact with his blood by then. The treating doctors had their gloves on, but not the complete gear expected to be worn while treating such patients. He himself or his wife had not cared to tell helping hands to protect themselves.

There are many blood-borne diseases, some fatal and some dangerous.

© Dr. Rajas Deshpande Story shared by Dr Rajas Deshpande

It is wise to keep a box of gloves in your car / four wheeler, or carry a pair in your purse / office bag for such an emergency.

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