Life-threatening Bleeding

Question 1

Recognizing Life-Threatening Bleeding

Two important aspects of LTB?

Answer 1

Volume and Flow

Question 2

Recognizing Life-Threatening Bleeding

What volume of blood is life-threatening?

Answer 2

More than half of a soda can

Question 3

Recognizing Life-Threatening Bleeding

What flow of blood is life-threatening?

Answer 3

Spurting or flowing continuously

Question 4

Recognizing Life-Threatening Bleeding

First steps for LTB?

Answer 4

Call 911, get first aid kit, get AED

Question 5

Treatment for LTB

How do you stop LTB?

Answer 5

Tourniquet (or direct-pressure if not a limb)

Question 6

Treatment for LTB

Direct pressure technique for LTB?

Answer 6

Push hard! It takes a lot of pressure!

Question 7

Treatment for LTB

What do you always use with direct pressure?

Answer 7

Dressing: this is a plumbing leak, hands won’t seal the wound.

Question 8

Treatment for LTB

Best types of dressing?

Answer 8

Hemostatic (has chemicals to stop bleeding)

Question 9

Treatment for LTB

What is a hemostatic dressing?

Answer 9

Dressing that has chemicals that can stop bleeding

Question 10

Treatment for LTB

How does a hemostatic dressing work?

Answer 10

Has cauterizing agent, needs contact with ruptured vessels

Question 11

Treatment for LTB

When do you stop direct-pressure for LTB (2)?

Answer 11

You don’t (unless a touniquet works). You’re stuck.

Question 12

Treatment for LTB

When do you replace the dressing?

Answer 12

You don’t. Add more if still bleeding.

Question 13

Treatment for LTB

Best position for effective direct-pressure?

Answer 13

Like CPR: both hands together, lock elbows, shoulders over arms.

Question 14

If bleeding stops on its own

What if the bleeding stops on its own?

Answer 14

Apply roller bandage and keep pressure on the wound.

Question 15

If bleeding stops on its own

What do you check after applying a bandage?

Answer 15

Circulation below the wound

Question 16

If bleeding stops on its own

What if it starts bleeding again?

Answer 16

Remove roller bandage, leave dressing, apply direct pressure

Question 17

Tourniquets

What isn’t true about tourniquets?

Answer 17

Doesn’t automatically mean they lose the appendage

Question 18

Tourniquets

What makes a good tourniquet?

Answer 18

Wide material (not cord/wire that can cut skin)

Question 19

Tourniquets

Steps to apply tourniquet?

Answer 19

Pull - Twist - Clip: pull tight, twist to tighten, clip to hold.

Question 20

Tourniquets

What do you do after a tourniquet?

Answer 20

Tape “TQ 9:35am” to their forehead

Question 21

Tourniquets

Where do you apply a tourniquet?

Answer 21

2” or more above wound

Question 22

Tourniquets

Where do you never apply a tourniquet?

Answer 22

On a joint

Question 23

Tourniquets

What do you do if you applied a tourniquet but still bleeding?

Answer 23

Apply another tourniquet above the first one

Question 24

Tourniquets

When can you remove a tourniquet?

Answer 24

Never. Only by medical professional.

Question 25

Tourniquets

What age can you use a tourniquet?

Answer 25

2 years or older

Question 26

Tourniquets

Someone is applying direct pressure to LTB, should you apply a tourinquet?

Answer 26

YES, direct-pressure for LTB isn’t as effective as a tourniquet