There are cases that we never want to encounter, but ... We must know what to do in such a situation. Moreover, knowledge should not be superficial, but very thorough, since not only our life, but also the life of our loved ones depends on it. Topic of the article: "First aid for arterial bleeding."
To begin with, I would like to recall that our body is equipped with two circles of blood circulation: small and large. From the “push”, more precisely from the contraction of the heart muscle, a certain portion of blood in the artery splashes out. At the first stage, it is considered arterial, enriched with oxygen and essential nutrients for body cells. Having reached each vessel, giving away the "burden", this liquid takes away carbon dioxide and metabolic products. It returns to the heart already changed (through the veins) and is called venous. There are four types of bleeding wounds: capillary, mixed, venous and arterial. They can also be external and internal. First aid for arterial bleeding should be appropriate (with a venous, mixed and capillary sequence of actions is different).
First things first, you need to determine the
type of bleeding. The color will help you with this. Venous blood has a brown (dark cherry) hue, and in terms of “temperament” it is calmer, as if quietly pouring out of a wound, and is not pushed out by a fountain with every contraction of the heart muscle. Saturated with oxygen, bubbling, bright red, blood, in some cases a constantly gushing wound, is nothing more than
signs of arterial bleeding. First aid in this case should be emergency. After all, a person can lose most of the vital fluid in a short period of time, which will lead to death.
Based on the external data of the wound, first aid is also provided for arterial bleeding. It is impossible to do anything with internal trauma outside the medical institution, therefore the only way to save a person’s life is to urgently deliver him to the hospital. It is advisable to do this as carefully as possible, and give the victim an elevated position. With an open wound, it is also necessary to bring a person to a medical center soon, but along the way you need to put a bandage and drag a blood-flowing artery. This is done using a tourniquet, you can hold it with your finger. It is important to do this above the wound in the artery, and not below. It is mandatory to remember, but it is better to write down the exact time when the tourniquet was applied. It is important!
In some cases, first aid for arterial bleeding is accompanied by limb flexion. In particular, when the
femoral artery is damaged, the leg is bent at the knee and fixed to the body with a belt. In the inguinal region, a roller is pre-laid. If the artery is damaged below the knee, the victim is placed on his back, a cotton-gauze roller is placed under the knee, the lower leg is fixed to the thigh, and raised to the stomach.
First aid for arterial bleeding, accompanied by fractures, is somewhat different, since it is undesirable to injure the victim again. It is always necessary to act according to the situation, to be able to reach the emergency station, where on-line they will give you all the advice and help you wait for the specialists.
Take care of yourself and your loved ones!