First aid for bleeding

It is known that the right and timely assistance with bleeding can save a person's life if his condition is extremely difficult. However, there are also less tragic cases in which it is necessary to stop bleeding: for example, with a slight cut in glass. If you do not stop the blood on time , do not tie up or disinfect it, then this can lead to complication of the condition of the victim, up to loss of consciousness and development of infection.

Types of bleeding and first aid

Conditional bleeding is divided into three categories, depending on how deeply damaged tissues are:

• capillary;
• venous;
• arterial.

First aid for capillary bleeding

The first help with capillary bleeding is quite simple: you need to disinfect the wound, bandage the cut and tighten, but not very tight so that the skin area does not turn blue.

In order to stop bleeding more quickly, cold is applied to the wound, however, since ice can lead to infection, it is better to use household metal objects that are treated with 96% alcohol. Before the object is treated with alcohol, it is better to cool it in the freezer.

To distinguish capillary bleeding from others is easy enough:

• a superficial wound;
• the amount of blood is small;
• the course of the blood is slow;
• the color is dark red (since both the venous and arterial blood are mixed in the capillaries).

First aid for venous bleeding

Venous bleeding is more difficult to stop, because in this case the loss of blood is significantly accelerated and the damage has an average depth. If the bleeding is a venous type, then first apply a pressure bandage on the wound. However, the dressing should not be unnecessarily tight and at the same time weakened, since in the latter case its presence is meaningless.

After applying the dressing, you need to carefully look at the wound for 10 minutes - whether the blood began to go harder, because it can happen with a weak dressing. In this case, a tight bandage should be tightened more tightly. If the limb is damaged, it can be raised up to the level of the heart, so that the blood goes less intensively. Then, for 40 minutes, a cold compress is applied to the wound, which is replaced as it warms up.

The difference between venous bleeding from others:

1. Blood is dark.
2. Intensive current.
3. There may be clots.

First aid for arterial bleeding

First aid for arterial hemorrhage should occur as quickly as possible, however, at home, it is not always possible to provide full-fledged help with this type of bleeding. The place where the damage occurred is raised, and then a tight bandage is applied using an elastic bandage. The bandage is placed above the wound a few centimeters.

Difference of arterial bleeding:

1. Blood of a rich scarlet color.
2. It is characterized by "pulsating" outflows to the beat of the heart.

First aid for bleeding differs not only in depth of damage, but also in that it is internal bleeding or external.

First aid for external bleeding

1. External bleeding always requires disinfection and dressing. The application of cold compress is topical only for capillary and venous types: arterial bleeding can not be reduced by cold.
2. To speed up the stopping of external bleeding can also be done by changing the position: if damaged, the damaged part should be higher or at the heart level.

Help with internal bleeding

1. Helping with gastric bleeding is to ensure the correct position of the victim: he should be in a semi-sitting position. Applying a cold compress to the abdomen with ice can reduce blood loss.
2. Assistance for pulmonary hemorrhage also consists in the correct placement of the victim: he must lie on a flat, hard surface. This will reduce the burden on the lungs and save time before the ambulance arrives, because with such bleeding, it is likely that a person will not be able to breathe when the lungs are filled with blood.