Please call 911 immediately if you are having chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding, sudden weakness or numbness, or if you think you have a medical emergency.
Bleeding Treatment
- For severe bleeding, apply immediate, direct pressure to the wound with any available, clean material. Continue pressure until the bleeding is controlled.
- Elevate the wound above the heart. The person should be lying down with the legs elevated.
- Apply a tourniquet only if other means to control life-threatening bleeding do not work. Tighten the tourniquet only enough to stop the bleeding. Note the time the tourniquet was applied and remove as soon as possible.
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Cynthia Dennison Haines, MD on May 24, 2006
This information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor.
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