Accidents happen at any age, and in many cases it involves bleeding. It is very important to identify the type of bleeding and how to control it. Since bleeding is either minor or severe, it is beneficial to have the ability to take action when necessary. The techniques of recognizing the bleed, applying direct pressure, applying a tourniquet, to stop a wound from bleeding and preparing for shock can potentially save someone’s life.
The first step in stopping a wound from bleeding is to identify the type of bleeding it is, and to apply direct pressure. Upon visual inspection of the blood, it may be either venous (from the vein) or arterial (from the artery). A venous bleed is dark red and oozing. This type is controlled by applying direct pressure, by firmly pressing down on the injury with a gloved or covered hand. After a few minutes, the bleeding will subside and you should bandage the wound. Arterial bleeding is bright red and spurting, indicating a severed or damaged artery making it more difficult to control. For an arterial bleed it is best advised to call 911 so that professional help is on the way. Also, any time that you are dealing with bodily fluids
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At this point, bleeding is not controlled by direct pressure, and is severely flowing at a faster rate. Elevate the extremity while still holding direct pressure to decrease the blood flow, and help slow the rate of bleeding. If unsuccessful a tourniquet should be applied. The average person will most likely not have a commercial tourniquet at hand; however, other simple methods will do. A torn shirt or any available material tied tightly around the extremity above the wound, but close to it, will work in the same way. Never apply directly on the wound itself. One should place the tourniquet securely between the wound and the heart. This will restrict circulation to prevent more blood
One character that changed in their story was Andy from “On the Sidewalk Bleeding.” At the beginning of the story, Andy was proud to be a champion, proud to be a Royal. He was not ashamed of who he was. In “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, it states, “He could remember how happy he was when the Royals had taken him...There had been meaning to the title.” This shows that Andy was proud of who he was. He was not scared of the Guardians. However, towards the end of the story Andy realizes he was stabbed because of his Royals jacket, not because he was Andy. He develops hatred for the jacket, knowing know that winning a championship was nothing to die for, nothing to give up seeing his lover. In the story it states, “The jacket had only one meaning,
Everyone at some point is bound to experience situations where they question who they really are. This conflict usually arises as a result of either another’s actions or one’s own actions. In the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, Andy struggles with his self-identity. Furthermore, the barber in “Just Lather, That’s All”, battles with his abilities and image of himself. Therefore, both the barber and Andy face an inner conflict as a result of their struggle of determining who they genuinely are, which conclusively results in how their future will unfold.
Barn Burning Throughout the story “Barn Burning”, author William Faulkner conveys the moral growth and development of a young boy, as he must make a critical decision between either choosing his family and their teachings or his own morals and values. The reader should realize that the story “Barn Burning” was written in the 1930’s, a time of economic, social, and cultural turmoil. Faulkner carries these themes of despair into the story of the Snopes family. Faulkner opens the story, “Barn Burning” in a southern courthouse room of the during the Civil War reconstruction era, also a time of social, cultural, and economic instability.
how to make tourniquets, and we also have a whole field of toxicology that helps
The two authors of “Initiation” and “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding,” Sylvia Plath and Evan Hunter, use setting and characterization to establish the mood, foundation to the plot, and introduce problems.
Wounds is a broad term that includes many other types. It is very important to know the proper and scientific method to care for wounds as well as knowing the types of them. Moreover, nurses must familiar with each type of wound, risk factors, prevention, and treatment. However, wounds may have a different range in skin breaks such as trauma, injury, cut, incision, and laceration. Skin prevention is the first step of preventing any break to occur in the skin. The various types of wounds, method of treatment and healing are mainly depending on their conditions. This assignment will include chronic wounds, which are diabetic ulcer, venous ulcer, and pressure ulcers.
...y parts should be elevated above the heart, a tetanus shot is given and the wounds are covered in cool moist bandages to prevent the development of infection. Patients with severe burns are more susceptible to infections so many doctors prescribe a broad stream antibiotic to avoid dealing with further complications. (Web MD, 2009). Minor burns are usually treated with a cool compression and a sterile bandage, avoid keeping the burn moist as it may take longer to heal, minor burns usually clear up on their own.
If possible, keep the injured area above the level of your child's heart when your child is sitting or lying down. Keeping the injured area elevated will decrease swelling and pain. Putting the injured arm or leg on a pillow may be helpful.
Most scalp wound is caused by blunt hit. However, it will bleed a lot although it is a minor wound since there are so many blood capillaries in the area. Normally to treat this injury, we just need to put a direct pressure on the wound with sterile dressing material until the bleeding stoped. And tie the cloth into place with a triangular bandage if continued pressure is needed. Carefully assess whether stitches are needed. If decided to treat at home, be sure the wound is free of dirt and debris. Clean with clean water , then dry the wound and surrounding hair. It usually recover well. Make sure there is no wood or gravel in the wound. To avoid more serious complication, pay a visit to a doctor for double
Pressure ulcers are one of the most common problems health care facilities often face which causes pain and discomfort for the patient, cost effective to manage and impacts negatively on the hospital (Pieper, Langemo, & Cuddigan, 2009; Padula et al., 2011). The development of pressure ulcers occur when there is injury to the skin or tissue usually over bony prominences such as the coccyx, sacrum or heels from the increase of pressure and shear. This injury will compromise blood flow and result in ischemia due to lack of oxygen being delivered (Gyawali et al., 2011). Patients such as those who are critically ill or bed bounded are at high risk of developing pressure ulcers (O'Brien et al., 2014).
Americans are faced with health complications such as stroke each and every day. Stroke, also called “brain attack” is the third leading cause of deaths in the United States, killing more women each year than breast cancer. According to World Health Organization, fifteen million people suffer from stroke worldwide each year and about 700,000 in the United States. Among the people, it can be inferred that there is a poor public awareness of stroke. There are also many myths about stroke and one of them states that stroke is not preventable. It is also said that strokes cannot be treated, can only strike the elderly and its recovery happens for a few months post-stroke. When in reality, about 80% of strokes are preventable, it requires critical emergency treatment, can happen to anyone of any age, and occurs in the brain. It is also imperative to know that its recovery can continue throughout life.
Blunt force trauma is defined as a traumatic event caused by the introduction of any blunt instrument forcefully, causing injury to the body or head. The Severity of injury is determined by various factors. It may be due to mechanical force such as compression, traction, torsion or shear. Impact of the injury and severity depends on object and movement of victim. Injuries occurred may be internal such as lacerations of internal tissues, organs, fractures of bones or may be external such as abrasion, avulsion, contusion and laceration (Pollak & Saukko, 2009). Severity also depends on anatomical site impacted for ex: Lacerations have irregular margin, hanging causes abrasions, contusions and hyoid bone fractures, Ocular hemorrhages in case of blunt trauma to eyes or Fracture of ribs when hit on chest by a blunt object (Ressel, Hetzel, & Ricci, 2016). Severity is also determined by the duration of time and amount of force applied. Nature of trauma is of importance in forensic medicine. It helps in
Stroke is a commonly known disease that is often fatal. This cellular disease occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted by either a blood clot halting the progress of blood cells in an artery, called an Ischemic stroke, or a blood vessel in the brain bursting or leaking causing internal bleeding in the brain, called a hemorrhagic stroke. When this happens, brain cells are deprived of oxygen and nutrients because the blood cells carrying these essential things are stopped, causing them to die. When the cells in the brain die, sensation or movement in a limb might be cut off and may limit an organism’s abilities. A person with stroke is affected depending on where in the brain the stroke occurs. In other words, symptoms of a stroke
The most common cause of external bleeding is an injury. Any type of cut, scrape, or fall where blood is coming from an open wound is regarded as external bleeding. The type of blood vessels damaged in a cut determines the speed at which blood is dispersed from the injured area.
Our approach in managing wounds was far from being optimal in our own setting. After having read the article of Sibbald et al (1) and assisting to presentations during the first residential week-end, our approach at St. Mary 's Hospital Center 's Family Medicine Clinic must change. We were not classifying wounds as healable, maintenance or non-healable. We were always considering the wounds in our practice as healable despite considering the system 's restraints or the patients ' preferences. In the following lines, I will define and summarize the methods one should use in order to initial management of wounds and how to integrate it better to our site. The first goal we need to set is to determine its ability to heal. In order to ascertain if a wound is healable, maintenance or a non-healable wound.