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Suicide First Aid (Radial / Ulnar Arteries cut)?


My girlfriend's roommate located in other town, which I talk to by ICQ locked herself in a bath and cut her veins. I am pretty good with web searching and I couldn't find a single entry on FIRST AID in that case. Please write a short, written in easy language (better understandable by non-native speakers) first aid instructions. I myself gathered that you should apply pressure (sterile, of course) and elevate. That a bad case is when the hand's been kept in water and if cuts are long and go along the arteries, not cross them. My first advice to the reader is DON'T PANIC. My mom had cut her veins in a bathtub and laid there for a good half hour before my father discovered her and she was saved, lost no movement in her arms.

Seek medical attention immediately.

Keep applying pressure to the areas of bleeding.

Put a gauze pad over the cut and wrap a bandage round and round, maintaining strict pressure.

If they aren't available

Put a small towel tightly over the cut and wrap a scarf / other piece of material round tightly.

If blood can be seen coming through the towels/guaze pad, keep wrapping round more and more bandages/scarfs.

Keep the wrists (i presume) elevated above the heart.

Don't worry too much about keeping things sterile/free of infection at this stage.

Good luck.

Only one option! CALL 911 immediately. Even if you don't know her specific address they can track her down through the computer.

Here is a short, easy to read answer:
Take her to the emergency department at the hospital nearest to her. She needs physical and mental help. DO IT NOW! If she wont go, call the police.

Call 911

right, call 911 so that help will be able by the time you get to help that friend who locked herself in the bathroom.
for any simple bleeding you encounter without any knowledgable medical people around, you attempt to stop the bleeding by putting pressure on it by using your hand or any clean cloth. this allows the wound to start healing. it does so by slowly putting seals around the wound much like you would do in gutter holes sealed with a compound. to assist you in minimizing the bleed, you are right, elevate the extremity at a level above the heart.

well if the bleeding is that bad apply a turnaquet. or how ever you spell it. no matter what call 911 and they will know the best way to handle the situation.

Call 911 immediatly. Put gauze on the wound and elevate it above the heart. Do not remove the gauze to cover the wound with a new one, just keep putting one on top of the other.

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