First Aid - Bleeding Emergencies

Did you know that the #1 cause of preventable death after an injury is bleeding?  There are certain cases when a person is bleeding that are always emergencies. These include extreme blood loss, amputations, abdominal evisceration wounds, sucking chest wounds, and internal bleeding. This course explains the importance of calling for emergency medical assistance in these situations and lists the appropriate steps of first aid to provide. 

• Explain the importance of calling for emergency medical care if someone is bleeding severely
• Recall methods of protecting yourself before you provide first aid to a person who's bleeding severely
• Define examples of wounds that cause severe bleeding
• State methods of using direct pressure and tourniquets to control bleeding
• List signs and symptoms for a sucking chest wound and internal bleeding
• List first aid steps for severe bleeding, amputation, abdominal evisceration wound, impaled objects, sucking chest wound, and internal bleeding