When someone can't stop bleeding?

Answer 1

There are various causes of slow blood clotting. A rare, but fairly well known condition, is Hemophilia. A person with Hemophilia is called a Hemophiliac. Only about 400 babies with the condition are born each year in the US. Most of the disorders in the body's ability to form blood clots to stop bleeding involve an hereditary absence of a clotting factor in the blood.

Clotting factors are proteins carried in the blood that help form blood clots. They form the clots working with platelets, cells that were formed in the bone marrow, that are also in the blood. The platelets stick together to stop up an injured blood vessel with a clot that is held together with the help of the clotting factor proteins. Hemophiliacs can be helped by injections or intravenous infusions to replace the missing clotting factors.

Answer 2

If someone can't stop bleeding it may mean that they have a problem with some cells called platelets in their blood. if it is only a minor bleed the best thing to do is just put pressure on it and something to absorb the blood. however if it is an arteriole or an artery that is bleeding medical action needs to be taken. First apply intense pressure and make sure that the person is breathing evenly. Then get medical help immediately. In some Major arteries it is possible to bleed out in a matter of seconds, with death usually occurring in minutes.