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HEMORRHAGES
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GENERAL INFORMATION

When after a lesiónó the bled one or hemorrhage, it is necessary to give all the necessary steps to stop the blood loss. If substantial blood quantities get lost, loss of conscience can happen; a situation of extreme gravity that is known as a collapse or shock, and even the death.

Nevertheless, most of the injuries sangrantes do not have vital risk, although care must take adapted not only to stop the bled one, but also to avoid the infection and other complications.

CLASSES OF BLED

First of all, it is useful to distinguish the class of bled. There are three principal classes: Capillary, Venous and Arterial.

Bled Capillary

The capillaries are the smallest glasses of the organism and also the most numerous. When a minor cut opens some capillary, the bled one generally it is very light. In a few minutes the system of coagulation of the organism will work and stop the bled one.

Bled Venous

When the bled one comes from disabled veins, there gets lost blood that is in his way back to the heart, and that has already released his oxygen load in the cells, therefore the blood is of dark red color and flows slowly. Bled venous it is cut, in principle, applying local pressure.

Bled Arterial

It is the least frequent, but the most serious. The blood that is liberated of an artery is of brilliant red color and it usually goes out with a lot of force, often in rhythmic jumps that coincide with the contractions of the heart. If an injury does not talk each other soon sangrante on an important artery, it is possible to bleed up to the death in less than one minute. In most cases, nevertheless, the direct and firm pressure on the wound will stop bled arterial, although the process will always need more time than in bled venous.

TYPES OF INJURIES

Injuries on soft textiles

The bled one can happen for jerky wounds (such like courts, pricks), graze (when the skin separates of the underlying textiles), or extractions (when areas of the skin are torn violently). A small cut that bleeds scantly, talks each other exclusively by means of the wash of the wound with water and soap and applying a blindfold to keep her clean. Any more complicated wound needs to consult with his doctor or come to Urgencies.

Abdominal wounds

Considering the presence of numerous vital internal organs, a wound that penetrates in the abdominal wall needs immediate urgent care. To call immediately to the phone of urgencies or to an ambulance to move the injured man. Before moving someone with an abdominal wound, it is necessary to put him in position of supine decubitus, that is to say, knocked down on his back. If there are no internal organs that go out across the wound, it is necessary to exercise pressure with a sterile cloth on the wound sangrante to try to stop the hemorrhage. If organs displaced by the wound exist already, do not try to restore them to his place. Cover the wound with a cloth and apply only a very soft pressure to stop the bled one.

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