Ouch! I think I might have glass in my hand, what should I do?!

Check with a doctor if you are at all concerned but you might be able to treat it as a splinter. Here are some guidelines for splinters:

Here are a couple of sets of basic instructions for removing a splinter:

1Do not apply pressure. Don't even squeeze it to try and get it out. If it's sharp, you could be embedding it further into your skin by squeezing; if it's brittle, you might break it into smaller pieces.
2Wash and dry the spot with soap and water. Be gentle. Pat dry (a paper towel is good for absorbing moisture without having to apply much pressure). You don't want the skin (or the splinter, if it's wood) to get soggy.
3Inspect it with a magnifying glass. The size of the splinter and how it's angled in your skin will help you know what's the best way to take it out.
4Remove the splinter using one or a combination of the methods below.
5Clean the area that you removed the splinter from. Apply antibacterial ointment and a bandaid until it heals.

Watch for signs of infection (redness, swelling, pus).

Drawing Salve Method

This method is painless and takes about one day. Purchase Ichthammol ointment (also known as black drawing salve) over the counter at a pharmacy. They may not have it out on the shelves but if you ask the pharmacist they usually have it in the pharmacy. You do not need a prescription. Put a small amount of the salve on the splinter and put a bandaide over the salve. In a day remove the bandaide and the splinter will usually be drawn out of your skin into the bandaide. (Be careful not to get the salve on anything as it is very greasy and can stain. The salve has somewhat of an unpleasant odor - similar to a car rear end grease).

Baking Soda Method

This method is best for tiny, invisible splinters. The baking soda paste will cause the skin to swell and push the splinter out. It's best used after other methods, since it will make the other methods (tape, tweezer, needle) more difficult because your skin will be swollen.

Make a paste using water and about 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda. Put this paste on a bandage and apply the bandage to the affected area. After 24 hours, remove the bandage. The splinter may be sticking out of the skin. If it's visible, pick it off with tweezers. Rinse the skin gently (if the splinter is sticking out but not visible, this may wash it away). Repeat the method with new paste and another bandage every 24 hours until the splinter is gone.

Tape Method

1Place sticky tape gently on the splinter site.
2Pull it off in the opposite direction that the splinter went in. (If you look at the tweezer illustration below, the direction in which the tweezers are pulling is the direction you want to pull the tape as well.)

Tweezer Method

This method works best if you can see the splinter, and part of it is protruding from the skin.

1Sterilize the tip of the tweezers with rubbing alcohol.
2Hold a magnifying glass up the splinter and find the part that's sticking out. Make sure there's good lighting. If it's sticking up (or up at an angle), go to the next step. If it's leaning horizontally (laying down) against the skin, however, don't use this method. You might break the splinter when you try to grab it with the tweezers because of its angle in your skin. Use a needle or nail clippers.
3Grab the tip of the splinter with the tweezers. Make sure not to grab any hair or skin. Having someone else hold the magnifying glass helps. Don't try to squeeze the splinter to push it further out; you'll tighten your skin's grip on the embedded end and it might break. If you can't grab it without squeezing your skin, try another method.
4Pull the splinter out in the direction it went into the skin. For example, if it went in a little sideways, don't pull it straight up or else it'll probably break.

Check here for more information and additional ideas.

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Splinter
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