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Created By : Jonash Ichiro

Medalla

First Aid
First Aid procedures for treating Wounds
and Bleeding

Wounds and bleeding


Any break in the surface of the skin will certainly cause
infection.
It will also allow blood and other body fluid to be lost.
Stopping the bleeding is important because it will also
minimize the cause of shock to the person.
Tools and equipment necessary for
treating Wounds and Bleeding

Medical gloves Plaster Cloth(sterile) Antiseptic solution

Anti-Bacterial soap Hand sanitizer Torniquet


Types of Wounds
• Closed Wounds
• Open Wounds
• Minor Cuts, Scratches And
Grazes

Types of Bleeding
• Arterial Bleeding
• Venous Bleeding
• Capillary
Bleeding
Arterial Bleeding - happens when
an artery is severed or opened, one
will observe an irregular spurting of
Types of Bleeding
blood.

Venous Bleeding - darker in color


and blood flows steadily

Capillary Bleeding - it is normally


known as “capillary oozing”, this
type of bleeding is expected in all
minor cuts, scratches and abrasions
Wounds and Bleeding
Close Wounds
are wounds that are in the underlying tissue without a
break in the skin. It is normally the result of a contusion or
bruises because of an external force such as fall.

Signs and symptomps of a closed


wound
Pain and tenderness to the affected part,
discoloration, swelling, symptoms of shock,
vomiting or coughing of blood, passage of blood
in the urine or feces, signs of blood along the
mouth, nose and ear canal.
Open Wounds
An open wound occurs when there is a break in
the skin or when the protective layer is damaged
First Aid Procedure for Closed
Wounds
1 2

Apply cold compress to help control Compression - use manual


the pain, swelling, and cause of compression over the injured area
blood vessels to constrict which to decrease the bleeding.
then allows bleeding.

3 4
Elevation - By elevating the Splinting - When you use a splint
injured part of the body it it immobilizes the soft tissue injury
decreases the ammount of swelling. thus decreases the bleeding.
Treatment for Cuts, Scratches and
Grazes
1 2

Sanitize your own hands Cover any cuts on your own hands
and put on disposable gloves.

3 4
Clean the cut, if dirty, under Cover the cut temporarily while you
running water. Fat dry with a sterile clean the surrounding skin with
dressing or lint-free material. If soap and water and pat the
possible, raise affected area above surrounding skin dry. Cover the cut
the heart. completely with a sterile dressing
or plaster.
Treatment for
Severe Bleeding
• Check for danger before approaching the injured person. Put on a pair of gloves, nitrile ones,
if available.
• If possible, send someone else to call triple zero (000) for an ambulance.
• Lie the person down. If a limb is injured, raise the injured area above the level of the
person’s heart (if possible).
• Get the person to apply direct pressure to the wound with their hand or hands to stem the
blood flow. If the person can’t do it, apply direct pressure yourself.
• You may need to pull the edges of the wound together before applying a dressing or pad.
Secure it firmly with a bandage.
• If an object is embedded in the wound, do not remove it. Apply pressure around the object.
• Do not apply a tourniquet.
• If blood saturates the initial dressing, do not remove it. Add fresh padding over the top and
secure with a bandage.
Bleeding control

Direct Pressure with the use of


a compress is applied directly
over the wound; this can be
applied to any kinds of
bleeding and to any body part
except on the following
• Eye Injury
situations:
• Wound with
embedded object
• Head injury with a
possible skull
Torniquet
Rarely used to control
bleeding. It is considered as a
last resort. Dressing/Compress
It often creates problems Means any sterile cloth material
instead of solution because used to cover the affected wound. It
applying tourniquet causes is also used to protect the wound
permanent damage to the from infection and absorbs liquid
from the wound like blood plasma,
nerves, muscles and blood
water and or pus. They can also be
vessel often resulting in the
used to tie splint in place,
loss of an extremity.
immobilize body parts and to
Thank you for your
attention

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