First aids for opened injuries

Wounds that bleed abundantly:

1. Stop the hemorrhage by applying pressure. If you have to handle a first aid equipment, use a non-adhesive dressing, If this is not the case, use any  absorbent material cleanly, as paper handkerchiefs, a kitchen cloth or a towel, If the absorbent material soaks of blood, do not remove it, to do it would suppose extracting the formed crust, preventing it from coagulating, for which the hemorrhage can start all over again. Do not use disinfectants nor antiseptics.
2. Add more absorbent material if necessary and when possible place it on the animal so that the wounded area stays above the level of the heart. Don't lift the legs if risk of fracture exists.
3. Apply a treatment against shock.

Wounds that do not bleed abundantly:

1. Clean the wounds of small consideration with oxygenated water diluted to 3 per cent, salted water, or clean tap water.
2. Eliminate any impurity from the wound - sand, splinters or other strange bodies that you may find - using tweezers or with clean fingers. Wash with water and soap the skin and the hair of the adjacent zone. (An atomizer, for example that is used for the plants, is ideal to clean wounds. Regulate it in such a way that water comes out like jet. If it has a big object fixed in its skin such as an arrow, a splinter of wood or a metal chunk- do not extract it, it might produce an unstoppable hemorrhage. Go directly to the nearest veterinarian.
3. If hair gets into the wound, cut it while it is still humid, since this way it can be taken off easier. As an alternative, you can use a few scissors smeared with a bit of Vaseline in order that it sticks fast to them, or extend in the wound a lubricant hydro soluble before cutting the hair away. Do not apply Vaseline to the wound, it is not soluble to water and it would turn out difficult to eliminate it later.
4. When the wound is already clean and disinfected superficially, dry her giving light touches with a clean fabric. Do not rub the opened wounds, it might aggravate the damages.

Do not underestimate the small wounds; they can hide serious internal injuries. Be conscious of the danger of infection. Once provided the first aids, go always to your veterinarian as soon as possible.

Abscesses: The cats often suffer abscesses in the wounds produced by the bitten received in his fights with other cats. The affected feline is irritable, "grouser" or acts encouraged after the confrontation. Look for small knots or tangles of dry hair. They are formed on the stabbing wounds. Go to the veterinarian within 24 hours.