l6o HOW TO CHECK DANGEROUS BLEEDING. 



above and below, and on each side, till you find the 

 place where it "does most good." In deep wounds of 

 the arms or legs, you will usually find that pressure both 

 above and below is necessary. A surgeon would know 

 where to apply the pressure in the case of any par- 

 ticular wounds, but you do not: your business is to find 

 it out by experiment as soon as you can, and not trouble 

 yourself with any general rules, which will fail you in 

 most particular instances. 



If the wound is on the lower part of a limb and you 

 find that you cannot entirely check the loss of blood by 

 pressure on it and in its neighborhood, keep up the pres- 

 sure and get some one to bind the limb very tightly 

 higher up. This is best done as follows: Tie a handker- 

 chief loosely round the upper part of the wounded arm 

 or leg; then put a stick under it, and twist the stick 

 round and round until the handkerchief is so tight as to 

 close the arteries, and stop all flow of blood to the lower 

 parts of the limb. Such stoppage of the blood-flow for 

 half an hour or even a little longer, will do no permanent 

 harm, while free bleeding from a wound in a large artery 

 or vein may cause death in three or four minutes. 



If a person who has lost much blood begins to breathe 

 slowly and irregularly, give him a strong stimulant as 

 soon as you can get it, and choose the stimulant you can 

 get quickest. If a drugstore is close by, a mixture 

 of a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia with 

 table spoonful of water may be given. If brandy or 

 whiskey can be obtained sooner, use them. The irregu- 

 lar breathing is a sign that the part of the nervous sys- 



a wound in the lower part of the arm or leg be stopped ? If the sufferer 

 shows signs of death from loss of blood, what should be done ? What 

 is the use of the stimulant in this case ? 



