Bleeding control

Four stages of hemorrhage

External bleeding
Method of bleeding control

Direct pressure
Elevation
Point pressure
Pressure point
Tourniquet
Amputated part
Gun shot or impaled object
 Internal bleeding
• It isnot visible, can result in severe blood loss
in a minutes.
• Suspect internal bleeding if biomechanism
injury suggest it and evidence of scrapes,
bruises, swelling, deformity, or impact marks
in the skull, chest, abdomen and long bone
Flail chest
Open chest injury
Abdominal evisceration
 Shock
• Shock or hypoperfusion is a condition that
result from the inadequate delivery of
oxygenated blood.
• Causes of shock failure of the heart, abnormal
dilatation of the vessels, blood volume loss.
Hypovolemic shock