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[Quarque]

To prevent that: actual traps are a much easier and safer way to catch wildlife than using military dwarves. At the very least, they can be an addition to guard the entrance. Like Patrick said, cage traps are very effective and they have the additional advantage that you get some new pets. I personally like weapon traps with lots of serrated disks too, although they tend to leave a bloody mess.

Now about getting water: I can recommend building a well inside your fortress. It is the first and most important step toward setting up medical care. (The second step is to create some soap.)
However, building a proper well can take some planning and time. To deal with the immediate problem, I'd say check if there are any buzzards left, get rid of them with cage traps if there are and remove the burrow restriction once they're gone.

On another note, "medic" is not a single job. You need one dwarf for diagnosing the right treatment, but if other dwarves help with those treatment (especially if it is just fetching water) that's a good thing. Gets it done faster.

[anewaname]

Once you have dwarfs willing to retrieve water, you should create a water source inside your fort, otherwise your wound-cleaner dwarfs and water-hauling dwarfs will always need to walk to the outdoor river/pond (possibly near the hostile creatures that wounded the first dwarf). There are safe and unsafe ways to bring fresh water into your fort, you can surf the wiki or ask. Ponds, aquifers, reservoirs, and big fishtanks...