Small cuts, bruises, bruises and other injuries of the skin is not uncommon in the everyday life of an active person. Housewives, summer residents and tourists and everyone else, are ready for such unpleasant situations, they try to constantly keep a first -aid kit at hand with the necessary disinfectants. Each parent should also be prepared for unpleasant situations, since children can constantly receive injuries of various nature, you need to learn how to provide first aid.
If there is no way to purchase expensive drugs, then at least keep an anesthetic, green, iodine and sterile bandage in the first -aid kit, these are the most necessary accessories that will help in the provision of first aid to the victim.
In some cases of cuts, capillary bleeding may occur, which differs in two types, the first refers to external bleeding, and the second internal capillary bleeding. Bleeding can begin after obtaining an abrasion with a rupture of the upper layers of the skin and with a deep cut of soft tissues. In almost every case, the bleeding should stop after a certain time, but if the bleeding lasts a long time and only increases, and the victim has a deterioration in well -being, it is urgent to deliver it to the hospital or wait for the arrival of emergency medical care.
How to stop capillary bleeding: Methods
Upon receipt of the cut, the bleeding will be stopped in the following way: for this, it is necessary to raise the damaged area of the body above the level of the heart, in a short period of time the blood flow can be stopped, since hydrostatic pressure is reduced in the damaged vessel, which will subsequently lead to blood stop.
Когда кровотечение уменьшится и станет не таким обильным, на место наложите давящую повязку, состоящую, из пять – десяти слоев стерильной марли. When the bandage is completely saturated with blood, attach a pressure band. In order for bleeding to stop faster, it is recommended to bend the joint as much as possible, located above the level of the damaged area. You can press the main vessel under pressure on your pressure, gradually the blood will stop. The easiest way to stop bleeding is the method of applying a tourniquet. Tighten the tourniquet as close to the place as possible, but do not perform above the wound. Under the tourniquet, attach sterile fabric, cut the time of the burning of the tourniquet. In a hot period of time, the tourniquet can be kept for no more than an hour, and in the cold one no more than one hour. After time, the tourniquet needs to be loosened.
If the skin was not badly damaged, but you are not sure that any infection did not have time to get into the wound, treat the skin around the abrasion with iodine, rinse the wound itself with a solution of hydrogen peroxide, on the top of which attach a bactericidal patch. So that the wound, abrasion or scratch is restored faster, for accelerated healing, use the BF-6 medical glue. If the place of the bruise is aching, attach a cold object, but better a bag of ice.
Internal capillary bleeding can occur with closed injuries, for example, after falling from a height and rupture of internal organs. When blood appears in the chest, the skin acquires pallor, the injured person has a shortness of breath, a reproach of foamy blood occurs. Transfer the victim to a secluded place, at this moment do not give him anything, urgently call emergency medical care.