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Cuts, scrapes and bashes that bleed. Every child can at times emerge from a war zone of rough play, fall off their bikes or get injured on the playground. And there is not always a parent, nurse or minder to apply basic wound care.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Elastoplast<\/a> recently launched a campaign and called in some help from well-known sports personalities like Ox Nche and Eben Etzebeth to take basic wound care education to the classroom.<\/p>\n

The players substituted as teachers to share with young minds the importance of taking care of strains and injuries, particularly those that are common playground staples. A social media campaign to reinforce the message of these classroom stories was also launched.<\/p>\n

Medicare24<\/a>\u2019s Stephen Richards said that sharing knowledge with younger learners is important. Sanitised hands before touching a wound, whether a scrape or a cut, Richards said, is important. \u201cYou do not want to add to potential infection while trying to tend to your ouch,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe quicker you clean and cover a wound with a plaster, the faster it will heal and prevent any infections. If there is bleeding, applying pressure on the wound with clean hands will slow down the flow.”<\/p>\n

Then, Stephens said, cover the wound with a plaster. \u201cThe quicker it is cleaned and then covered the faster the wound will heal and the more it will be protected from additional infection. Immediate care and covering of a cut can prevent future scarring, too. If you are tending to a friend\u2019s wound, wash your hands thoroughly after helping them.”<\/p>\n

The campaign leveraging sporting personalities like Nche and Etzebeth, that children do not only identify with as heroes, but who also endure cuts and bruises on the playing field was a key consideration to educate youngsters, said Nokuthula Khumalo from Elastoplast. \u201cEducation is more than textbooks, it\u2019s a whole approach to learning and sharing the basics of first aid and wound care with children, a necessity,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

The campaign, available on social media, has also resonated with parents who have used the posts as tools to affirm principles of first aid wound care to their kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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