How to Wrap a Wound

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CAPT. JOE BRUNI: Hi. I'm Captain Joe Bruni with over three decades of firefighting and emergency medical service experience. What we're going to over and discuss is properly how to wrap a wound. Wounds can take place in varying sizes and shapes. This type of wound to the shoulder area can be treated by applying some type of sterile dressing, if available. If no sterile dressing is available, try to use some type of clean dry cloth. The dressing can be held place by another rescuer or by the victim themselves, and then some type of other cloth, or gauze or cling material, if a first aid kit is available, can be used to wrap around the area of that injury, holding that dressing in place. If the dressing becomes soaked with blood, do not remove it. Simply apply more dressing over the top and apply more wrap. Remembering, to treat and wrap a wound, we need some type of clean, sterile dressing if available; and if not, some type of clean dry cloth, applying pressure to the area, and then using some type of cling, or other type of gauze material to wrap the area, over and over, until relief is sought and bleeding is stopped.