Thread by @berkeleysnfire, Hello!!! Here’s a very quick thread on how to tend to a [...]

Hello!!! Here’s a very quick thread on how to tend to a wound, specifically gunshot wounds—

1. MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A SAFE PLACE. Your safety is number one. If you can drag that person into a safe place, go for it.

2. IF THE WOUND IS ON AN EXTREMITY, create a tourniquet. You can use a belt, shirt, sock. avoid super thin stuff like shoe laces. place the tourniquet was high as possible and tighten it as possible. IT WILL HURT, but it will save someone from bleeding out.

Here’s how to do one with a belt

3. IF THE WOUND IS ON THE HEAD OR TORSO, pack the wound using any material you can. And pack it DEEP. You will have to use your fingers to probe inside the wound and shove gauze, shirt, etc in there. Keep going and really really shove it in there. If you’ve packed the area...

...and physically can’t put anymore in and there’s still material left, bunch of at the top and use it to apply pressure. If you’ve exhausted all of the material and the wound isn’t fully packed, pack it more. When you are done packing, APPLY PRESSURE.

Here’s a demonstration on packing using two fingers

4. APPLY PRESSURE. Even if you’ve packed a wound, pressure is key. You can use your hands, elbows or knees. Use as much pressure as you physically can. This will get tiring quickly, so if you can, switch with someone. DO NOT EVER EASE PRESSURE. Even if it SEEMS...

...like the bleeding has stopped, keep putting pressure. Do not let it up at all. Again, if you’re tired, ask someone to switch with you and do it quickly—as soon as your pressure relieves, they should immediately resume it.

5. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WITH A AMPUTATED OR NEARLY AMPUTATED LIMB, they might not be covered in blood. This is because the blood vessels have constructed from the shock / trauma, but they will relax and they will bleed. Always give someone the same medical attention...

...as mentioned above. An amputated limb will call for a tourniquet

6. THERES TWO TYPES OF BLEEDS: arterial bleeds are identified by the rhythmic spurting blood—a person can die in five minutes or less if the bleed is not stopped. A venous bleed is slower and is what causes pooling. A person can bleed out very quickly depending on...

...how big the wound is. Arterial bleeds usually require a tourniquet, a venous bleed usually requires packing. Of course this is case by case.

7. IF THERES IS A BULLET WOUND WITH AN ENTRY AND EXIT WOUND, PACK BOTH!!!!

8. IF YOU HAVE GLOVES OR SOME KIND OF BARRIER, use it! Of course, exposure from blood is serious, but if you can’t find a barrier (gloves, plastic bag, etc), please do not back away from helping a wounded person. Your skin is a natural barrier, which will protect you....

...it’s cuts you will have to worry about. That being said, hospitals usually treat people who have been exposed to diseases when you are there, and you can request to know if a person has a disease, get tested, and treated, etc. to protect yourself more.

This is very quick and simple guide. I’m not a Medical Professional

, but I DO teach classes on bleeding control with an organization. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate asking, and I will try my best to help you.

ALSO HERES THE RUN DOWN—
1. Make sure you are in a safe position administer aid.
2. use a very tight tourniquet for extremities. Pack wounds for wounds on torso, neck, hesd.
3. Apply pressure until help arrives.

ALSO FORGOT TO ADD, this is going to hurt the person a LOT. They will be yelling and screaming, but stopping the bleed will save their life. Additionally, when people lose a lot of blood, they might become combative. They do not mean this, they don’t full understand

what’s going on. If they are trying to hurt you, step away. It sucks, but if they’re at that stage, they’re probably ready to pass out. When they do, continue administering aid.

Lastly, please share this as much as you can. A lot of lives can be saved by knowing how to control bleeding.

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