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Question no. 2161 3 pts specialist BB1

In case of a wound hemorrhage and lack of sterile dressing you should:

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Correct answer

B. use the clothing of an injured person as dressing.

Explanation

When you do not have a sterile dressing, you secure a bleeding wound with whatever is at hand - for example the casualty's clean clothing folded into several layers and pressed onto the wound - answer B. Waiting for a first aid kit (C) or putting off dressing the wound (A) means further blood loss, which with heavy bleeding leads to shock within a few minutes.

With heavy bleeding, time and pressure matter, not sterility: a wound infection can be treated later, bleeding to death cannot. You put clean material on the wound and press firmly with your hand, and when a first aid kit arrives, you add more layers without removing the first one. Everyone who notices a person in a sudden health emergency must call for help, and the Criminal Code punishes failure to give help when it was possible without putting yourself in danger.

Legal basis: Art. 4 of the State Emergency Medical Services Act; Art. 162 of the Criminal Code

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