apply bandage and pressure, if that don't work then tourniquet
Put direct pressure on the wound until bleeding slows. If possiable closes the wound tight as you can and hold there with tape.
yes, if the wound is large, hold pressure until you can get assistance!
1: Open airway and restore breathing and heartbeat. 2: Stop the bleeding. 3: Control, or treat for shock. 4: Dress and bandage the wound.
You'd need to get a fairly significant amount of infected blood into your blood stream though an open, undressed wound. So if your wound is open, and they're bleeding all over the place then it could happen.
Hmmm...difficulty breathing, profuse bleeding from the area where the wound is, and a big hole in the guy's chest that shouldn't be there.
They have to see a doctor if it does not stop bleeding. Unless the bleeding stops they'd eventually bleed out and die.
laceration, captain novanet
There will most likely be a large gash in the chest, and a symptom is bleeding and/or crying.
If a wound is bleeding severely, it is best to cover it with a bandage and pressure. Direct pressure on an open wound may cause some damage, but stopping the bleeding is more important.
S/S include but are not limited to: obvious bleeding, air escaping from wound, atypical chest movement, bradycardia,altered mental status
What's a fracture with an open wound
when there is an injury an open wound is formed after a series of chemical reactions inituiated by thrombokinase the inactive fibrinogen is cinverted into active fibrin threads that form a gauze over the wound and stops the bleeding