Topic: Road accidents and first aid · Nº 519 / 626
¿Cómo podemos contener una hemorragia?
How can we control bleeding?
- AAplicando un torniquete en primer lugar.By applying a tourniquet first.
- BPresionando directamente la hemorragia.By pressing directly on the bleeding.
- CNo presionando la hemorragia.By not pressing on the bleeding.
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- BPresionando directamente la hemorragia.By pressing directly on the bleeding.
To control bleeding, first press directly on the wound, if possible with gauze or a clean cloth, and do not remove it even if it gets soaked. Second, if the bleeding does not stop, raise the injured limb. Third, if that is not enough, press on the artery that supplies the wound, at a point before the wound. As a last resort, a tourniquet could be applied above the bleeding.
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