Stop bleeding by using direct pressure

Gold Wolf - First Aid: Show how to stop bleeding by using direct pressure

• NEVER TOUCH a bleeding wound on anyone except yourself, unless you have your hand covered by plastic gloves or a plastic bag.
• Remember to wash your hands before treating a cut on yourself.
• With a cloth or handkerchief folded, apply pressure on the wound with your fingers flat together.
• Check if the bleeding has stopped. If not, apply pressure again.
• Cover the wound with a clean cloth, or a dressing if you have a first aid kit handy, and tie gently around the injured part, using a reef knot to tie the ends.
• If the person needs to go to hospital, an adult will take over.
• Remember when removing your glove or plastic bag to take if off in a way that it is inside out, leaving the blood inside the glove or bag.