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CONTUSED WOUND
closed (blunt trauma)
GERMS COME
STOP BLEEDING.
HANDLE GENTLY.
WASH YOUR HANDS FROM:
THOROUGHLY. • OBJECT CAUSING THE WOUND.
REMOVE ANY FOREIGN BODY, IF • HANDS OF THE FIRST AIDER.
• CLOTHES OF THE PATIENT.
POSSIBLE.
• DIRTY DRESSING.
DO NOT REMOVE EMBEDDED • AIR.
OBJECTS. • CONTAMINATED WATER.
DON’T DISTURB BLOOD CLOTS.
PLACE CLEAN DRESSING &
BANDAGE FIRMLY.
SHIFT TO HOSPITAL.
BLEEDING
BLEEDING RESULTS DUE TO RUPTURE OF BLOOD
VESSELS
TYPES OF BLEEDING:
EXTERNAL BLEEDING
Outside the body when blood moves through a break in the skin
INTERNAL BLEEDING
EXTERNAL BLEEDING
Inside the body when blood leaks
from blood vessels or organs
CLASSIFICATION
of bleeding:
ARTERIAL BLEEDING:
BLOOD COMES FROM AN ARTERY.
BLOOD IS BRIGHT RED IN COLOUR.
BLOOD COMES IN JETS & IT
CORRESPONDS TO HEART BEAT.
BLOOD LOSS IS RAPID & PROFUSE &
CAN CAUSE DEATH QUICKLY
CLASSIFICATION
of bleeding:
VENOUS BLEEDING:
BLOOD COMES FROM A VEIN.
BLOOD IS DARK RED IN COLOUR.
BLOOD FLOWS AS A CONTINUOUS
STREAM & MAY BE PROFUSE.
CLASSIFICATION
of bleeding:
CAPILLARY BLEEDING:
BLOOD COMES FROM CAPILLARIES.
BLOOD SLOW AND OOZES.
COLOUR IS LESS RED THAN ARTERIAL
BLOOD.
NOT SERIOUS.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF BLEEDING:
PROFUSE SWEATING.
THIRST.
BLURRED VISION.
UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
DIRECT PRESSURE.
ELEVATION.
INDIRECT PRESSURE ON PRESSURE POINTS.
BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF.
DIRECT PRESSURE:
CAN BE APPLIED BY:
FIRST AIDER’S HAND.
DRESSING & FIRST AIDER’S HAND.
PRESSURE DRESSING.
PRESSURE TO BE APPLIED FOR 10 TO 30 MINUTES.
AFTER CONTROL, APPLY FIRM BANDAGE.
Don’t remove dressing
ELEVATION
•DO NOT probe a wound or pull out any embedded object from a wound. This
will usually cause more bleeding and harm
•DO NOT remove a dressing if it becomes soaked with blood. Instead, add a new
one on top
•DO NOT try to clean a large wound. This can cause heavier bleeding
•DO NOT try to clean a wound after you get the bleeding under control. Get
medical help
PRESSURE POINTS:
PRESSURE POINT IS A SITE WHERE MAIN ARTERY LIES NEAR THE SURFACE OF
THE BODY, DIRECTLY OVER A BONE.
PULSATION CAN BE FELT IN THESE AREAS.
THERE ARE 22 PRESSURE POINTS(11 ON EACH SIDE).
OF THESE 11 ARE USED TO CONTROL PROFUSE BLEEDING.