EMERGENCIES

Stopping the Bleeding in Severe Wounds

If you are helping a person who is bleeding severely, and you’ ve called 911 for emergency medical help, which hasn’ t arrived, be ready to stop the bleeding yourself using the following steps:
Apply direct pressure to the wound, using a clean cloth (or if necessary, your hand).
Hold the edges of the flesh together.
Maintain pressure until the bleeding stops.

CAUTIONS:

If there is an embedded object, use a clean cloth or your hands to put pressure around the wound, but DO NOT put pressure on the object itself. Also, do not put pressure on an open fracture or an eye injury.
If blood seeps through the cloth, do not remove the cloth. Place another piece of cloth on top of the first one and continue to apply pressure.
If the bleeding does not stop after five minutes, apply pressure to the artery closest to the wound, between the wound and the heart.
When the bleeding stops, wrap a bandage or a clean cloth around the wound.

CAUTIONS:

Do not remove any cloth placed on the wound to help stop the bleeding.
Instead place a clean cloth over the previous ones.
If an object is embedded in the wound, bandage around it to help support it.
Keep the victim calm and still until medical help arrives.

People do not know at what time the urgent situation will occur. Therefore, safety officials recommends you to get first aid cabinets in your car, workplace.

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