Faced with a bleeding is to remove clothing covering the wound to locate it. The first step of our action will put a sterile dressing or clean as possible (on gauze or a handkerchief) and wound press hard for about 10 minutes. If we have to attend to other injuries we can apply a pressure dressing with a bandage or improvise with a handkerchief, leaving the knot of the bandage on the bleeding point, it is the point where the loudest. After this time how it’s still bleeding and if so should raise the bloody end to reduce the blood supply to it. If not yield must be compressed into a point higher bleeding, if the wound is in the arm to compress the brachial artery at the biceps, and if the leg is pressed onto the femoral artery located in groin. Never apply a tourniquet, because it is a procedure of last resort, which could lead to gangrene.
If instead of a hematoma is bleeding, just ice on the area to keep swelling down. This method is effective only if applied within minutes. Then you can place a gauze bandage or compress the area for about 30 minutes, then remove.
Tags: Bleeding, wound
