Question

Your four-year-old child comes in crying with a skinned knee. You begin to clean the wound and bandage it. He begins screaming even more loudly "Mommy, why do you have to do that?" You explain that now that the skin is broken, he is more at risk of infection because:_______.

Answer 1

Answer: of the open cut.

Explanation: You have to disinfect the open cut because when the child fell more than likely foreign objects like dirt or small rocks got into the cut. Getting those foreign objects out and cleaning the cut reduces infection.