Bleeding – External

External bleeding



•                          First aid (pressure) bandage or in extreme situation

•    Apply pressure directly on to the wound

•    Elevate the affected part

•    Lay the casualty down

•    Utmost – application of tourniquet



First aid (pressure) bandage

Treatment of superficial wounds – excoriations

First aid:

§   clean with water, use soap, brush

§   disinfection





Foreign bodies in the wounds



§   don´t pull out the foreign body – it may be acting as a partial plug, the foreign body averting
larger loss of blood

§   place sterile dressing either side

§   still the patient

§   eventually set against sliding



Nose, mouth and ear bleeding



§   nosebleeds – the head forward pinch the casualty´s nose just beneath the bridge



§   mouthbleeds - the head forward when tooth is knocked out of socket, bite a tampon







§   earbleeds – do no tamponade let the blood leak out loose







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Treatment of external

bleeding…

and always watch for other symptoms!

Consciousness of the patient,

pain, pulse…

Give every detail you know to the ambulance crew!