You are clearing a fallen branch from a woodland path with a folding saw when it jumps out of the cut and into your friend's thigh as they steady the log. They sit down hard. Dark blood is welling fast through a rip in their trousers and running onto the leaf litter. In a few minutes they could lose enough blood to die. In those minutes there is no ambulance,…
In this lesson
How blood loss kills
Direct pressure on a bleeding wound
Wound packing
Applying a manufactured tourniquet
Improvised tourniquets and their risks
Shock (circulatory)
Recognising it
What to do
Nosebleeds
Field event
Check yourself
Key points
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