How to stop blood?

Probably, at least once in a life at everyonethere were wounds or cuts from which blood flowed. Leaving the wound without attention is very dangerous, it can lead to serious illnesses and even to death. That's why it's so important to know how to stop blood quickly, correctly and effectively.

Capillary bleeding

If there is a break in the capillaries, the blood will beflow out small drops, and this bleeding is not dangerous, if blood coagulability comes quickly. In an extreme case, if there is nothing nearby, you can simply rinse the damaged area of ​​the skin under cold water thoroughly and without soap and wait until the blood itself stops moving. Near the wound, the coagulation process will begin, the blood clot will simply clog the wound and prevent the blood from flowing out.

And how to stop the blood in a cut, if the woundwide enough and deep? The wound needs to be rinsed, treated with hydrogen peroxide and a sterile bandage applied from above. Do not use porous and loose material to close the wound. Small particles of material can have a lot of villi, on which bacteria and microbes are accumulated. If they get into the blood, they can infect it. Therefore, if there is no bandage, it can be replaced with a clean smooth cloth, for example, a handkerchief. After the dressing, it is recommended to put a small container with ice on the wound site. Now you know how to stop blood from the finger, but what if the blood flows out quickly and there is a lot of it? One can not hesitate!

Venous bleeding

How to quickly stop the blood that flows fromveins? The blood that flows out of the veins has a dark cherry color and flows in a uniform and continuous stream. To stop the venous bleeding, it is necessary to impose a strong pressure bandage on the wound. First, the wound should be covered with a sterile bandage or clean cloth, then wrap the damaged limb with several layers of gauze or cotton wool, and in the end - tightly bandage.

Arterial bleeding

How to stop blood from a wound, if it is solashes and has a bright red color? If you saw such a picture, then a person has a dangerous kind of bleeding - arterial bleeding. Blood is poured by a pulsating stream in time with contractions of the heart. If in this very moment not to render first aid, a person will soon die! Arterial bleeding refers to bleeding from large arterial vessels - the femoral, carotid and brachial arteries and aorta.

If a small vessel is bleeding, it is possible to superimposefor a long time, a pressure bandage, as in the case of venous bleeding. To stop a larger bleeding, you need to properly apply a hemostatic tourniquet:

1. If there is no special harness, you can use suitable tools - a rubber tube, a belt, a piece of dense and strong material, a strong rope.
2. Such a tourniquet can be imposed on the forearm, shoulder, thigh or lower leg and necessarily higher than the bleeding site!
3. First, put some softcloth, so as not to make the skin hurt, and then apply a tourniquet. Usually the tourniquet is made in two or three turns, and then tightened until the bleeding stops. If the bundle is properly applied, the pulsation in the vessel below the bundle should not occur. Try to stop the blood, avoid strong clamping, because this can damage the nerves and muscles, which in the future can lead to paralysis of the limb or to the necrosis of the tissue.
4. The harness is the first emergency aid, andnot a panacea for all arterial bleeding. In the warm season it is imposed for 1.5-2 hours, in the cold - for 1 hour and no more! If you help a friend or relative, then watch the time, but if you accidentally helped an unknown person and can not be there to wait for the ambulance, attach a note to the wound, which indicates the following: "The tourniquet was imposed ... such a number of such a month in so many hours and so many minutes. " If the tourniquet is to be left for a while, then after the expiration of the possible time, remove the tourniquet, squeeze the wound with your fingers for 10-15 minutes, and then make a new tourniquet, but just above the last place. Before applying the tourniquet, you can stop the blood for a short time, having squeezed the pulsating artery.
5. After applying the tourniquet, ensure maximum immobility of the damaged part of the body and call an ambulance as soon as possible!

Internal bleeding

It is very dangerous and precise to determine it by forceonly the doctor. With this bleeding, blood flows into the body cavity. You can only try to recognize the threat of internal bleeding. Here are the signs by which it can be determined: the patient pales, a cold sticky sweat appears on the skin, the breathing becomes faster and becomes shallow, the pulse is weak, but frequent. If there is a suspicion of internal bleeding, it is necessary to put the patient in a semi-sitting position, to ensure his immobility and to a possible area of ​​bleeding, and this can be a head, stomach, chest, put a bottle of cold water or ice.

Torn out a tooth, blood flows

And what if you recently visiteddentist, and you tore out a tooth? How to stop the blood in this case? When a doctor pulls out a tooth, in his place he puts a small piece of gauze, which is enough to stop the blood. She will stop flowing in a few minutes.

But if you have poor blood clotting orbleeding occurred after a visit to the dentist? In the first case, always inform the doctor about your illness and he will stop the blood. In the second case, make yourself a gauze swab, attach it to the wound and bite it for 15 minutes. Approximately in this time the blood should stop. If this does not happen, call the doctor.

To prevent bleeding after the removal of teeth in the near future, do not eat solid or hot food and do not rinse the oral cavity.