Mr. MacDonald,
Thank you for these posts. You've just reached the subject I want to learn about most. I was unlucky enough to be on the scene for a partial amputation, a guy rolled a golf cart onto his friend's ankle and all but severed his foot. Nothing in any of my high school first aid classes prepared me for this. So I did Mom things, which are remarkably similar to your abc's. And then I looked at his foot. Ew! It was bleeding much less than I expected, probably because of the constriction you mentioned. Someone brought a pillow from a nearby house and I elevated the foot to make the man more comfortable. But I didn't apply pressure. I didn't have anything clean. I was out on a bike ride during a camping trip and had no first aid kit. The nearby houses were vacation rentals with no washing machines. The man hadn't lost a cup of blood. I was more worried about contamination than bloodloss and I knew the EMT's were on the way. But I've always wondered if I did the right thing.
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