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Wound Care & Bleeding Control Flashcards

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  1. What is the primary purpose of wound irrigation in first aid?

    Answer: To remove debris and reduce the risk of infection

    Irrigation with clean water or saline flushes out contaminants and bacteria, significantly reducing the risk of wound infection.

  2. When is it appropriate to use a hemostatic dressing (e.g., Combat Gauze) in an occupational first-aid setting?

    Answer: For life-threatening hemorrhage where direct pressure alone is insufficient

    Hemostatic dressings are reserved for severe, life-threatening bleeding that cannot be controlled by direct pressure alone.

  3. A co-worker's wound has bright red blood spurting in rhythm with the heartbeat. Which vessel is most likely injured?

    Answer: An artery

    Arterial blood is oxygenated and under high pressure, causing it to spurt in pulses synchronized with the heartbeat.

  4. What is 'wound evisceration' and what is the correct first-aid response?

    Answer: Organs protruding from an abdominal wound; cover with a moist sterile dressing and do not push organs back in

    Evisceration involves abdominal organs protruding through a wound; they must be covered with moist sterile material and never forced back in.

  5. Which sign indicates that a dressing over a wound is no longer effective and needs to be changed?

    Answer: Blood has soaked through the outer layer of the dressing

    Strike-through (blood soaking through to the outer layer) indicates the dressing is saturated; add additional dressings on top and continue pressure.

  6. Why should you NOT remove the original dressing when blood soaks through it?

    Answer: Removing it disturbs the clot forming beneath and restarts bleeding

    The original dressing supports clot formation; removing it disrupts the clot and can significantly increase blood loss.

  7. A worker sustains a crush injury to the hand with no open wound but significant swelling and discoloration. What is this type of injury called?

    Answer: Contusion (bruise)

    A contusion results from blunt force trauma that damages tissue and blood vessels beneath intact skin, causing swelling and discoloration.