{"id":10721,"date":"2025-05-27T15:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pages\/article\/dealing-with-bleeding-first-aid-advice\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:47:51","slug":"dealing-with-bleeding-first-aid-advice","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/dealing-with-bleeding-first-aid-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with bleeding &#8211; first aid advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shutterstock_583782475-2.jpg\" alt=\"bleeding\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/>Dealing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profaw.co.uk\/wiki\/the-healing-process-to-bleeding\/\">bleed<\/a> can vary from a small graze to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profaw.co.uk\/wiki\/coagulopathy\/\">catastrophic<\/a> life-threatening\u00a0bleed. The general advice is to apply direct pressure and place a pressure dressing over the wound.\u00a0 You can find more information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profaw.co.uk\/wiki\/\">first aid wiki<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profaw.co.uk\/wiki\/category\/bleeding\/\">bleeding<\/a> why not take one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/en\/courses\/12-first-aid\/topic\">first aid<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/training-and-where-can-i-book-it-through\/\">training<\/a> courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealing with a bleed can vary from a small graze to a catastrophic life-threatening\u00a0bleed. The general advice is to apply direct pressure and place a pressure dressing over the wound.\u00a0 You can find more information on our first aid wiki site. 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