Bleeding Cuts & Wounds: How To Stop Bleeding & First Aid

Cut or severe bleeding emergency

If a person gets cut with a knife or gets an accident and start severe bleeding you should do the following:

• Check the size of the cut.
• Check the location of the cut.
• Check the amount of bleed.
• Remove any cloth around the wound.
• Firstly apply the pressure on the wound.
• If there is any object in the wound don’t pull it out of the wound.
• If there is a small cut on the finger then clean the wound with simply the tap water.
• Apply any antibiotic to the wound to prevent any bacterial infection.
• Cover the wound with a gauze or a clean cloth.
• If the cut is too wide or big then get stitches.
• Keep an eye on the wound so that there may be not any bacterial infection or any pus.
• Take a tetanus shot.