Render the scene safe before initiating life-saving treatments.Law enforcement has two priorities when they arrive on scene of a person or persons who are bleeding:

Police1 resource: How well do you know 'Stop the Bleed'? Capillary bleeding tends to be superficial and easy to control with direct pressure. Capillary is a more common type of bleeding, which tends to ooze from a damaged/injured area, but it is rarely life-threatening by itself. Venous bleeding has the potential of being life-threatening if left untreated.Ĭapillary: Bleeding that takes place in the tiny blood vessels that connect your arteries to your veins. Venous bleeding is dark red colored and tends to flow continuously. The venous system drains blood from distant parts of the body back to the heart under lower pressure. Venous: Bleeding that occurs in the veins that carry blood back to your heart. Arterial bleeding is usually life-threatening if not addressed immediately. Arterial bleeding is bright red blood that tends to spurt or pulsate. Because the arterial system is tasked with pushing blood to areas far from the heart, it is a “high pressure” system. Again, it is common for an injured person to have arterial, venous and capillary bleeding simultaneously.Īrterial: Bleeding in the arteries that transport blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Within both internal and external hemorrhage, bleeding can be arterial, venous and capillary. In many circumstances, injured persons will be bleeding internally and externally at the same time. Types of bleedingīleeding can be internal (inside the body) and external (outside the body). The decrease in circulating blood volume (hypovolemia) decreases oxygenation of the body’s tissues resulting in hemorrhagic shock. A “hemorrhage” is the sudden disruption of this closed loop resulting in the loss of blood components from the cardiovascular system. It also returns the by-products of normal energy production from our tissues, brain and other vital organs. Blood carries oxygen and glucose via the circulatory system to supply the energy needed for the body. Our bodies need an uninterrupted supply of oxygenated blood to function effectively. When properly applied, a tourniquet will stop the flow of blood into an extremity.

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