"Oh Shit" moments...

Had a minor oh shit moment this morning, lost front wheel on some gravel, as I fell I wasn't too worried, elbow out, started sliding along the ground, OH SHIT, the gravel was like fucking broken glass, tore my elbow to shreds. Actually looks like beef carpaccio. Lot of skin missing and a bit of flesh, this is going to be a bitch to heal.

Those are nasty. Clean it as best you can, even if that means getting in there with a nail brush, it'll hurt like hell but you want to get every last bit of grit out otherwise you run the risk of it going septic at a later date.