Bleeding first aid (stopping bleeding): What you need to know

Posted by Specialist Doctor I Trinh Ngoc Duy - Emergency Doctor - Emergency Department - Vinmec Times City International Hospital

First aid bleeding (hemostasis) is one of the important hemostasis skills to limit and avoid excessive blood loss, affecting the patient's health. If there is too much blood loss, the victim can go into shock, causing damage to tissues and organs in the body and eventually death.

First aid for bleeding (stopping) is extremely important to prevent the victim from losing a lot of blood. In addition, first aid can prevent shock and possibly even death from excessive bleeding.
Bleeding can be external or internal. Specifically:
External bleeding: visible through the skin wound. In addition, bleeding from internal organs can be seen to the outside: vomiting blood, bloody stools, blood in the urine, bleeding from the vagina, nosebleeds...

Internal bleeding is bleeding that cannot be seen. eg bleeding into the abdomen, bleeding in the lungs, bleeding in the brain. Internal bleeding can be assessed based on temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiratory rate.

Victims with bleeding (external and internal) will likely have the following symptoms:
Visibility, bleeding characteristics Paleness around lips, fingernails, and eyes Sweating, feeling cold, thirst Fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, weakness Low blood pressure, rapid pulse Rapid breathing, yawning Coma – Continued bleeding can lead to death 3. First aid for bleeding First aid for bleeding Specific blood is as follows:
3.1. With bleeding from veins, capillaries

After first aid bleeding, take the victim to a medical facility for further treatment
3.2. With bleeding from an artery or an amputated, crushed part of a limb: place a tourniquet

Take the victim to a medical facility for further treatment
3.3. With nosebleeds First aid for nosebleeds with the following steps:

Take the victim to a medical facility for further treatment
3.4. With bleeding from the mouth

Take the victim to a medical facility for further treatment
3.5. With other bleeding cases At home or in the field it is difficult to handle bleeding cases such as vomiting blood, blood in urine, vaginal bleeding, bleeding in the abdomen, in the lungs, in the brain... Therefore, in these cases the helper needs to take the victim to a medical facility for treatment as soon as possible.
The Emergency Department of Vinmec International General Hospital operates 24/24 on all days of the week, including Saturday and Sunday as well as holidays of the year. The team of emergency doctors and nurses at the Department are professionally and thoroughly trained, able to receive and handle urgent cases of patients, and always coordinate with all specialties in a timely manner. fast.
With modern equipment and a team of experienced doctors, the Emergency Department has conducted emergency and saved the lives of serious and complicated patients. At the same time, patients at the Emergency Department are always coordinated care by many other specialized specialties (Team Base Care). Therefore, at the Emergency Department, patients will be examined, diagnosed, accurately and quickly, with high reliability and intensive treatment right from the emergency stage to help them quickly get out of the critical stage. dramatic and stable.