Answer: Knowing common first aid skills can help in so many ways, an infection can be very bad or not bad at all. So its important that you know how to treat all infections, knowing how to do this right can facilitate the healing process which means makes the wound will heal faster and safer. Would you rather have someone treat your wound wrong and it get more infected? Or would you rather know whats going on and be able to do it yourself and do it right. So overall its important to know whats going on around you. xoxo:)