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Question 6290

An injured person is bleeding from the arm. What must you do?

  1. Cover the wound and raise the arm.
  2. Put ointment on the wound.
  3. Apply a tourniquet, as a general rule.
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Correct answer: Cover the wound and raise the arm.

Cover the wound with gauze or a clean handkerchief, press down with your hand, and raise the arm above heart level if it is not deformed or very painful. This is what the man in the image is doing. A tourniquet is a last resort for life-threatening bleeding that does not stop with pressure.

Manual IX — Primeros Auxilios, edición 2026 · SAMUR-Protección Civil — Guía de Primeros Auxilios · MedlinePlus — Sangrado