First aid 1 pts
You find that the injured person has a foreign object stabbed in a wound. What do you do?
Correct answer
- I leave the object in the wound, treat the surrounding bleeding, secure vital functions.
Other options
- I do not need to monitor and control the injured person, I only call EMS.
- I try to carefully remove the object from the wound and stop the bleeding.
Explanation
Do NOT remove it: The object (knife, glass, shard) is acting as a plug.
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