FIRST AID TIPS FOR YOU: EXTERNAL BLEEDING TREATMENT: CONSCIOUS CASUALTY Reassure the casualty! • Find out how the injury occurred happened. • Check the wound for foreign objects. • Control bleeding in one or a combination of the following ways: * Holding a gloved hand over the wound. * Put gauze over the wound and hold it. * Bandage with first aid dressing, gauze or bandage (or improvise with what is available). * Elevate – Hold the limb above the level of the heart to slow down blood flow to the area. * Pressure points – (a pressure point is where you can feel a pulse). Push hard onto the artery above the injury to block it off. Keep the pressure for at least five minutes. (This is used as last resort). * Never remove a dressing once it is in place. * If the wound is bleeding through, place another bandage over the first.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:19:57 +0000
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