Bleeding Emergencies

When should you use Hemostatic dressing?

• On any and every open wound
• When bleeding is minor
• When there is severe bleeding and a tourniquet can't be used

Pressure on the wound should slow the bleeding

• True
• False

When bandaging the wound, you only need to cover the bleeding wound itself

• True
• False

To stop bleeding you cannot see, you first make sure the scene is safe and put on Personal Protective Equipment.

• True
• False

If you do not know how to give CPR, do not attempt anything

• True
• False

If bleeding does not slow or come to a stop with pressure, a tourniquet will be useful to restrict blood flow to the wound

• True
• False

Which of the following scenarios would require a tourniquet?

• a patient who is experiencing internal bleeding in the abdomen after being kicked by a horse
• a patient who slices her finger while cutting carrots
• a patient whose femoral artery is severed in the leg after a chainsaw accident

Which of the following cases would you NOT apply pressure at all?

• skull fractures/impaled objects
• amputated limbs
• veinous bleeds
• arterial bleeds

Signs of good circulation around a pressure bandage include all of the following except

• normal skin color
• cold extremities
• sensation
• warmth

It is always best to use a tourniquet to stop bleeding?

• True
• False