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MODULE 5
First Aid at Work : UNIT 1
01.04.2018
PENETRATING CHEST WOUNDS Treatment
• Wear medical gloves
• If you cannot build padding high enough, build around the
object with rolled sterile dressings and secure in place to
• Help the casualty to sit down on the floor and lean them towards the injured side control the loss of blood
• Do not cover the wound. Leave it exposed.
• Treat for shock by sitting them on the floor, supported
However, if the wound is bleeding, you must apply direct pressure to the wound and leaning towards the injured side
and apply a non-occlusive dressing if it is necessary • Ring for an ambulance immediately
• If there is something embedded, build up padding on either side of the object until it is high enough for you to be able to bandage over the top of the object without pressing it further into the wound
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