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Splinter, First Aid 

Picture of Splinter, First Aid: First Aid for Splinter: View the animation to learn how to remove a splinter. Divider line
First Aid for Splinter: View the animation to learn how to remove a splinter.
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When to Seek Medical Care
Seek medical care if:
  • You are unable to remove the splinter or only part of a splinter was successfully removed by self-care measures and there is still a piece of the sliver in the skin.
  • The skin around the splinter is particularly red, painful, swollen, or bloody.
  • The site of a splinter appears to be infected (ie, it is increasingly painful or red, swollen, there is discharge, there is associated fever or swollen lymph nodes, or there is red streaking from the affected area toward the heart).
  • Tetanus immunization is not up to date.
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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