How does pressing on wounds help stop bleeding?
In: Biology
When you put direct pressure on the wound (like pushing tissue or gauze right where the bleeding is), you’re stopping the blood from flowing out freely. It can start to build up on the surface of the skin and start getting to work thickening up and scabbing over.
When you’re putting indirect pressure on (pushing on a pressure point), you’re actually limiting the blood from flowing to the wound in the first place.
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