HAEMORRHAGES

&
ARRESTING OF HAEMORRHAGES
EARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the various types of
haemorrhages
Demonstrate how to apply direct pressure
in order to stop haemorrhages
Demonstrate how to arrest haemorrhages
by the use of tourniquet
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SCOPE
ntroduction
2 %ypes of haemorrhages
3 Dangers of haemorrhages
4 $igns and symptoms of haemorrhages
5 %he Pressure Points
6 ethods of arresting haemorrhages by direct &
indirect pressure
7 ethods of arresting haemorrhages by tourniquet
8 #ules governing the application of tourniquet
9 onclusion
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INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION OF HAEMORRHAGE
assive loss of blood from the blood vessels
due to injuries, both external and internal
%hree types of blood vessels
ARTERIES
2 VEINS
3 CAPILLARIES
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TYPES OF HAEMORRHAGE
Haemorrhage according to source:
W apillary Haemorrhage
W 'enous Haemorrhage
W rterial Haemorrhage
Haemorrhage according to situation:
W External
W nternal
W $ubcutaneous (beneath skin) / ntramuscular
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DANGERS OF HAEMORRHAGE
W lood loss
W $hock
W Death
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HAEMORRHAGE
W Pallor Paleness of the skin, especially the
face
W #apid feeble pulse
W %hirst
W iddiness/ Nausea (feel like vomiting)
W #estlessness
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W old & clammy skin
W all in blood pressure
W ppearance of blood
W ppearance of cyanosis (bluish mark)
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HAEMORRHAGE
THE PRESSURE POINTS
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Methods / Techniques of Arresting Haemorrhages
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Impaled object
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Methods / Techniques of Arresting Haemorrhages
Indirect pressure
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Methods / Techniques of Arresting Haemorrhages
Types of tourniquet
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Methods / Techniques of Arresting Haemorrhages
ethods / %echniques of rresting Haemorrhages
Types of tourniquet
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ethods / %echniques of rresting Haemorrhages
Types of tourniquet
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Application of Tourniquet
%ourniquets are to be used only as a last resort
$ituations under which tourniquet is applied
- t night
- n mass casualties situation
- Doctor's advice
- mputation
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Principles of Applying Tourniquet
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W pply as close to the wound as possible
W Do not apply at the joint
W %he limb should be padded before the application
of tourniquet
W %he tourniquet should be exposed after
application
W %he date and time of application of tourniquet
must be recorded
CONCUSION
It is important for medical orderlies to
understand and be able to perform the
arresting of haemorrhage.
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