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Question no. 6467 3 pts specialist BB1
Question illustration: What should you use as a dressing of severely-bleeding wounds?

What should you use as a dressing of severely-bleeding wounds?

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Correct answer

B. A pressure dressing of gauze, cloth and bandage.

Explanation

A heavily bleeding wound is dressed with a pressure dressing: you put sterile gauze on the wound, then a rolled bandage or a second dressing on top of it, and you bandage everything tightly so that the pressure stops the bleeding. The correct answer is B. Until the dressing is on, you press on the wound with your hand through gauze or clean cloth.

Sterile gauze alone (A) will cover the wound, but without pressure it will not stop heavy bleeding. Iodine and gentian violet (C) are disinfectants for small scratches - pouring them into a deep wound does nothing, but it hurts and makes the doctors' work harder later. After applying the dressing, raise the limb if possible, call for help on 112 and watch whether blood soaks through the dressing. In the photo you can see a first-aid kit with gauze, a bandage and a triangular bandage - everything you need.

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