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𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 “𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?” 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 (𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞)

🌟 Injuries can happen at any time to us or our kids. Cuts (also called lacerations are one of the most common.

But here’s the thing, a lot of us make mistakes once we see a cut or a wound bleeding. Because blood can be scary for some, we see a lot of bleeding wounds incorrectly controlled before they get to seek care.

Here are 3 things you should change if you or your child has a bleeding wound

1.  No SOFT pressure.

Yes, you don’t need soft pressure for controlling bleeding.

✅ You need to put some FIRM pressure on a wound to control the bleed. Otherwise it continues bleeding for  a longer period of time