Keep it clean, dry , and covered lightly. If you get a red swollen area, your IV may have infiltrated [slipped out of vein and putting fluid in your surrounding tissues ] in which case , IV needs to be restarted.
You can protect yourself by wearing gloves, using face shields/barriers and washing your hands with soap and water after as soon as you have finished treating a patient.
wear gloves
Gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Generally only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can cause increased risk of infection.
wound management strives to stop bleeding, prevent infection, and speed healing. Bleeding from wounds should be controlled by direct pressure.
bleeding under the skin (hematoma), wound infection, and the recurrence of pressure sores. Infection in deep wounds can progress to life-threatening systemic infection.
You do not get injured. If you do have wounds and bleeding, use the proper first aid rules.
None. See your doctor immediately. Feces and open wounds are not a good combination, there is serious risk of life threatening infection from bleeding hemorroids. No joke.
Treatment of wounds involves stopping any bleeding, then cleaning and dressing the wound to prevent infection. Additional medical attention may be required if the effects of the wound have compromised the body's ability to function
Antibiotic ointment can be put on some flesh wounds. It can help to reduce the risk of infection. Antibiotic ointment should not be used on flesh wounds that are deep and require stitches.
The first step is always Control bleeding. This is most typically and easily accomplished by direct pressure to the wound. I see that you've listed this question in the AIDS and HIV categories, so it's a good idea for me to mention that rescuers need to always properly control exposure to antigens or infection -- so gloves and perhaps a face shield may be called for.
Spiderwebs were used to stop the bleeding of wounds with their natural cowagulent.
On wounds to prevent infection.
excessive bleeding from wounds
The man was bleeding profusely from his wounds.