STOP THE BLEED - BIOMED

• The #1 cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding
• Goal 1 is to "identify" in which you recognize life-threatening bleeding
• Goal 2 is to stop the bleed in which you take steps to stop the bleeding. There are three things you can do. They are: pressure, packing, and tourniquets.
• Your safety is YOUR first priority. If you are injured, you cannot help others. Help others only when its safe to do so. If the sitution changes or becomes unsafe: stop, move to safety, and it's you can take the victim with you.
• If you get blood on you, be sure to clean any part of your body that the blood has touched.
• Tell a health care provider that you got blood on you, and follow his/her direction
• ABC's of Blood Control

  A: Alert 911 B: Bleeding C: Compress
• More red blood = more oxygenated


  vice versa
• A: Alert 911


  Call 911, know your location, and follow the instructions provided by 911 operator
• B: Bleeding


  Find the source of bleeding, look for continuous bleeding, large-volume bleeding, and pooling of blood. There may be multiple places where the victim is bleeding. Clotting may also hide life-threatening bleeding (If a clot in an artery breaks free and travels through the circulatory system, it can cause blockages affecting the heart, lungs, and other organs—potentially shutting them down.)
• C: Compress - Pressure


  Apply direct pressure to the wound, focus on the location of the bleeding, and use just enough gauze or cloth to cover the injury, if pressure stops bleeding, keep pressure on the wound until help arrives. For large wounds, superficial pressure is not effective, if bleeding is from a deep wound pack gauze tightly into the wound until it stops bleeding; hold pressure until help arrives.
• C: Compress - Tourniquet

  Apply 2-3 inches above the wound. Do not place over the elbow or knee. Tighten the tourniquet until the bleeding stops. Do not remove the tourniquet. Can apply to others or on yourself. Can be applied over clothes. Tourniquets may hurt. A second tourniquet may be required to stop the bleeding.
• Bleeding control in children:

  In all but extremely young children, the same tourniquet used for adults can be used in children. For the infant or very small child (the tourniquet is too big), direct pressure on the wound as described previously will work in virtually all cases. For large, deep wounds, wound packing can be performed in children just as in adults using the same technique as described previously.
• PABCW


  Personal safety Alert 911 Bleeding (find it) Compress with pressure and/or packing or compress with a tourniquet Wait for help to arrive