Ysbyty Cwm Cynon
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The Minor Injuries Unit at YCC will open on Monday, November 7, 2022.
The opening times are Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm (last appointment 4.30pm)
The following can be treated at the Unit:
- Cuts and minor burns
- Sprains and strains
- Limb injuries
- dislocation of fingers and toes
- Head injuries (under age 65) and facial injuries with no loss of consciousness and the patient is not taking anticoagulant (blood thinner) medication.
- Neck/back injuries, where you are mobile with no pins and needles in your arms or legs
- Foreign bodies to eyes, ears and nose
- Non-penetrating eye and ear injuries
- Chest Wall injuries
- Bites (insect, animal)
- Insect stings
The team CANNOT TREAT:
- Children under 12 Months
- Minor illness
- Colds, coughs, sore throats, earache, rashes, temperatures any minor illness
- Urinary infections
- Dental problems
- Injuries to the abdomen/stomach
- Chest pain
- Breathing problems
- Stroke
- Skin complaints including boils and rashes
- Road traffic collisions
- Head injuries over 65 yrs (NICE Guidelines)
- Any injury with a significant mechanism - fall from a height of greater than 1 meter or 5 steps/stairs (NICE Guidelines)
- Penetrating injury to head, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
We do not provide a dressing change or suture removal service. For this please contact Primary Care.
Tel: 01685 721721
We welcome correspondence and telephone calls in Welsh.