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

Not always, but a lot of the time, the knife being removed will make things worse in terms of damage, bleeding, and overall things shifting around. It will be removed immediately before medical treatment at a time when it can be immediately treated with all tools available. I’m almost no cases will removing the knife make the situation better. So it’s more of a high risk low reward situation.