Revision question · Incidents, accidents and emergencies

You arrive at the scene of an incident. A casualty has an injured arm that's bleeding heavily. What could you do to help while waiting for the emergency services to arrive?

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Remove clothing around the wound

Dab the wound

Get them a drink

Try to stem the flow of blood

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Try to stem the flow of bloodThis was the right answer

You should first protect yourself from exposure to blood - many first-aid kits contain surgical gloves. To stem the flow of blood, you should apply firm pressure over the wound. If there's an object in the wound, you'll need to build up padding on either side and make sure you don't press on the object.

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Direct pressure for severe bleedingReviewed guidance summary · The pressure answer applies to the stated wound without an embedded object; pressing on or removing an embedded object would be unsafe.

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