Why shouldn’t you pull out knife from someone who got stabbed?

Question

I heard people say that if you or someone got stabbed, you shouldn’t take out the knife. but why? isn’t it better to take it out?

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Answer 1

I’m no expert, but I would say it’s for two reasons:

1) When you pull it out, it cuts again on the way out
2) When the knife cuts, it slightly blocks the cut vessels while it is inside, so the bleeding is less, that’s why when it’s pulled out blood tends to gush out and splatter