10/10/2025
Hand Surgeons, Let’s Carve Out Safety This Halloween! ✋
Pumpkin carving season is here—and so is the risk of hand injuries. As experts in hand health, we can prevent accidents before they happen.
The FESSH Prevention Group has put together essential safety tips for Halloween to protect hands during carving and festive activities.
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TIPS FOR YOUR PATIENTS:
➖ Tip 1: Make sure your hands and carving tools are dry and clean.
➖ Tip 2: Keep your hands outside the pumpkin and cut in a direction away from you and your other hand, not towards!
➖ Tip 3: Use dull serrated blades rather than traditional sharp knives.
➖ Tip 4: Consider using knife alternatives, such as painting pumpkins or using colored markers as an alternative to carving. A carving kit with tools designed for the craft is safer for older children.
➖ Tip 5: Generally, it’s safer when adults do the carving, but if children do carve, they should do so in a well-lit area on a sturdy surface with adult supervision.
➖ Tip 6: If an injury occurs, rinse the wound with clean water and apply an antibiotic ointment and a bandage. Seek medical evaluation within the first week of injury to catch any injury to tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and bones to optimize recovery with early care.
Tag your colleagues, repost, and help raise awareness. Together, we can keep hands safe this spooky season. 👇
https://fessh.com/hand-trauma-prevention/
EFSHT
Dottoressa Luciana Marzella - Chirurgia della mano
SICM
SIOT Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Sicpre
Gruppo San Donato
Collège Français des Enseignants en Chirurgie de la Main
