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Fell off a bike scraped arm on tar what to do ?
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Cleanse wound: cleanse wound with saop and water thoroughly. treat empirically with antibiotic otc ointment twice per day and bandage. if no improvement or if worsens, see your doc for evaluation.
Answered 12/6/2018
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