Question

To stop arterial bleeding, pressure must be applied between the damaged artery and the heart.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

The correct answer is True.

Explanation

In the case of arterial bleeding, it is important to provide first aid to prevent the person from bleeding to death.

The procedure that we can perform while the help arrives is to forcefully exert pressure on the wound and try to raise it above the height of the heart (if it is an upper limb). However, when we see that this procedure does not have any effect and the blood continues to flow, we must put pressure in the middle area between the artery or wound and the heart, in this way bleeding should stop due to the force applied to the artery. So, the correct answer is True.

Answer 2

Answer: Option A. True

Step-by-step explanation:

Arterial bleeding is a blood flow in an artery in which blood exits the wound in spurts with the heartbeat.

To stop arterial bleeding, direct pressure is applied between the damaged artery and the heart.

Placing the pressure on the wound helps in narrowing the blood vessels manually that results to stem blood flow and stops arterial bleeding.

There are several primary tools used for direct pressure including pressure bandages, commercial tourniquets, and hemostatic dressings.

Hence, the given statement is true.