Stop the Bleed” turns bystanders — even young children — into immediate responders by teaching them to pack a wound and use a ...

If the wound is deep, pack the wound with gauze or whatever is handy. If the bleeding continues after 10 minutes, it's time to try a tourniquet.

Wound packing is a technique used to control severe bleeding, particularly from deep wounds. It involves filling a wound cavity with sterile gauze or other absorbent material to apply direct ...

Packing a wound, like a junction wound, should be done with one or more fingers or the thumb, she said. Don’t try to remove anything in the wound like particles of leaf or a twig — or a bullet.

Compression begins with packing the wound with gauze, or whatever is available, a T-shirt, sock, and firmly press to stop hemorrhaging. Jimenez advised if the compression doesn't stop the bleeding ...

Stop the Bleed teaches individuals bleeding control techniques to save someone’s life.

“Stop the Bleed” turns bystanders — even young children — into immediate responders by teaching them to pack a wound and use a tourniquet.

She was teaching them the basic principles of packing a wound. On the day I was there, she told the kids they could use anything to pack a wound, even a “dirty, smelly sock.” ...