Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . Fig. 19.—Course of carotid artery and its branches in the face. of the neck, or the armpit, or the inside of the thigh near thegroin, life will usually be quickly lost. Indeed, without athorough acquaintance with anatomy little use could be made ofany advice that might be given here. The only thing to suggestis to thrust a thumb or finger deep into the wound, and to try iffirm pressure there will stop the bleeding. Or a plug of cloth orcotton may be tried. In all cases of he
Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . Fig. 19.—Course of carotid artery and its branches in the face. of the neck, or the armpit, or the inside of the thigh near thegroin, life will usually be quickly lost. Indeed, without athorough acquaintance with anatomy little use could be made ofany advice that might be given here. The only thing to suggestis to thrust a thumb or finger deep into the wound, and to try iffirm pressure there will stop the bleeding. Or a plug of cloth orcotton may be tried. In all cases of hemorrhage that has stoppedor is stopping, clots should never be disturbed; for they areNatures means of checking hemorrhage. These and fainting HEMORRHAGE—^BLEEDING 77 sometimes put a stop to bleeding, and aid the professional oramateur surgeon. When an artery in the limb is cut, the helper must be as coo]as possible and as quick as is consistent with coolness. The. Fig. 20.—Deep pressure with the thumb over the carotid artery in the neck. principle that must guide every attempt to stop the bleeding isto obstruct the artery at the spot, or between the cut and thecentre of the body; for this is the direction in which the bloodflows. 78 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES For Wounds high in the Neck deep pressure should be madewith the thumb at the root of the neck, just outside the windpipeand near the collar-bone, pressing the carotid artery back againstthe spinal column in the neck. (See Figs. 19 and 20.)
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