TheAmerican
College of Surgeons
Committee on
Trauma
The Committee
onTactical
Combat
CasualtyCare
The National
Associationof
EmergencyMedical
Technicians
TheAmerican
College of
Emergency
Physicians
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Why Do I Need ThisTraining?
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The #1 cause of preventable
death
afterinjuryis bleeding.
Where Can I Use ThisTraining?
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PersonalSafety
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YOURsafety is YOURfirstpriority
•If you are injured, you cannot helpothers
•Help others only when it’s safeto doso
•If the situation changes or becomes
unsafe:
✓Stop
✓Move tosafety
✓If you can, take the victim withyou
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PersonalSafety
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YOURsafety is YOURfirstpriority
•Wear gloves if youcan
•If you get bloodon you, be sure to clean any
part of your body that the blood hastouched
•Tell a health care provider that you got blood
on you, and follow his or herdirection
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ABCs of BleedingControl
AAlert911
BBleeding
CCompress
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ABCs of BleedingControl
AAlert911
BBleeding
CCompress
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ABCs of BleedingControl
AAlert911
•Call911
•Know yourlocation
•Follow instructions provided by
911operator
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ABCs of BleedingControl
AAlert911
BBleeding
CCompress
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ABCs of BleedingControl
BBleeding
•There may be multiple places the
victim isbleeding
•Clothing may alsohide
life-threateningbleeding
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ABCs of BleedingControl
AAlert911
BBleeding
CCompress-Pressure
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CCompress-Pressure
•Apply direct pressure towound
•Focus on the location of thebleeding
•Use just enough gauze or cloth to
coverinjury
•If pressure stops the bleeding, keep
pressure on wound until helparrives
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ABCs of BleedingControl
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ABCs of BleedingControl
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ABCs of BleedingControl
CCompress-Packing
•For largewounds,superficial
pressureisnoteffective
•If bleedingis from a deep
wound,packgauze tightly
intothewound until it stops
the bleeding; holdpressure
until helparrives
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ABCs of BleedingControl
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CCompress-Tourniquet
•Apply 2 to 3 inches abovewound
•Do not place over the elbow orknee
•Tighten tourniquet until bleedingstops
•Do NOT remove thetourniquet
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CCompress-Tourniquet
•Can apply to others or onyourself
•Can be applied overclothes
•TourniquetsHURT
•A second tourniquet may be required to stop
thebleeding
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ABCs of BleedingControl
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ABCs of BleedingControl
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ABCs of BleedingControl
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CATRMT
TX3
SAM-XT
TMT
CAT
SOFT-TT
Bleeding control in children
•In all but the extremely young child, the same
tourniquet used for adults can be used in children.
•For the infant or very small child (tourniquet too
big), direct pressure on the wound as described
previously will work in virtually all cases.
•For large, deep wounds, wound packing can be
performed in children just as in adults using the same
technique as described previously.
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FAQs
•Impaledobjects?
•Improvisedtourniquets?
•Loss of arm orleg?
•Pain?
•Otherquestions?
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