How can you help if someone is bleeding?
- Call an ambulance (999)
- Make sure it is safe
- Apply pressure to the wound
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Why do you apply pressure to a wound?
- Blood flows around our body in tubes
- Applying pressure squeezes the tubes
- This reduces blood loss from the wound
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How do you apply pressure with an object still in the wound?
- DO NOT remove the weapon from the wound
- Call the ambulance (999)
- Apply pressure to the wound around the weapon
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Why should you leave an object in the wound?
- DO NOT remove the weapon from the wound
- The weapon acts as a plug
- This prevents more blood loss
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