How do you apply direct pressure?

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#264225 - 10/11/13 02:15 PM Re: How do you apply direct pressure? [Re: hikermor]
MDinana Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/08/07 Posts: 2208 Loc: Beer&Cheese country	Originally Posted By: hikermor The absolutely best thing would be a sterile gauze pad, but if the bleeding is severe and copious, anything will do. I generally EDC a cotton bandana which could be used for this purpose if the bleeding is really significant. Hopefully you will have a glove or some sort of blood barrier on your hand if you are dealing with a situation like this. My first EMT instructor, a Navy medic, once rode along to the ER with an accident victim, clamping a major blood vessel in her neck all the way. This was in the days before gloves were in common use. Use what you have. Gauze is the official thing - yes it absorbs, but by holding the blood it allows it to start clotting. Blood that flows doesn't clot ... Combat gauze is the new and greatest in the military. Gauze impregnated with a hemostatic agent. As to the 'how,' I use my hand and push really hard.
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How do you apply direct pressure?	bigmbogo	10/11/13 01:12 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	hikermor	10/11/13 01:27 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	MDinana	10/11/13 02:15 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	KenK	10/11/13 01:37 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Russ	10/11/13 02:19 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	hikermor	10/11/13 03:18 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Russ	10/11/13 03:30 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	ILBob	10/11/13 03:03 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Russ	10/11/13 03:27 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Lono	10/11/13 05:37 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JerryFountain	10/11/13 05:40 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JHertig	10/12/13 12:13 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	nursemike	10/12/13 01:20 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	chaosmagnet	10/12/13 12:47 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	hikermor	10/12/13 01:29 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	bacpacjac	10/12/13 02:36 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Phaedrus	10/12/13 03:37 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JPickett	10/12/13 01:10 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Russ	10/12/13 02:02 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JHertig	10/14/13 08:49 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	ILBob	10/14/13 02:18 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Russ	10/14/13 02:31 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JerryFountain	10/14/13 02:08 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	CJK	10/14/13 11:47 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	bigmbogo	10/15/13 03:05 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	gonewiththewind	10/15/13 04:43 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Pete	10/16/13 02:47 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JPickett	10/16/13 12:47 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	codyjack	10/17/13 12:51 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Tjin	10/17/13 01:35 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	hikermor	10/17/13 01:51 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	chaosmagnet	10/17/13 02:17 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	JPickett	10/17/13 01:34 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	codyjack	10/17/13 02:14 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	chaosmagnet	10/17/13 02:18 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Arney	10/17/13 05:21 PM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	UTAlumnus	10/18/13 03:43 AM
Re: How do you apply direct pressure?	Pete	10/18/13 03:00 AM

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