{"id":5928,"date":"2018-01-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/blog-entry\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T07:47:58","slug":"wounds-and-hemorrhages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounds and hemorrhages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the functions of the skin that covers the body is to protect it from attacks by microbes in the environment and to create a barrier that germs are unable to penetrate.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen&nbsp;the skin breaks this is called a wound. This happens when we get a knock, fall over, cut ourselves, etc. When the skin breaks, it loses its effectiveness as a protective barrier and an opening appears through which microbes can enter and cause infection.<\/p>\n<p>\nOne danger with all wound is hemorrhage or bleeding. The blood flows around the inside of the body through blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries). When these blood vessels are damaged, the blood flows out. This is called bleeding or&nbsp;hemorrhage.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>The dangers&nbsp;with&nbsp;all wounds are infection and&nbsp;hemorrhage<\/strong>. The seriousness of a wound depends on its Depth, size, and location, which Will determine how much blood is lost and how fast. Age, physical condition, etc, also have an influence here.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen you sustain a wound, the first thing you should do is stop the bleeding, if any. Wash your hands thoroughly and clean them with alcohol if you can. Then clean the wound with plenty of soap and water, sprinkle with hydrogen peroxide or physiological saline, if available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If there is bleeding, plug the wound with sterile gauze or clean cloths and apply pressure with a bandage to prevent&nbsp;hemorrhage. Once the bleeding stops, apply an antiseptic such as&nbsp;betadine&nbsp;or&nbsp;chlorhexidine&nbsp;to the wound. If the edges are open, see a health professional as soon as possible for suturing.<\/p>\n<p>\nIf the&nbsp;hemorrhage&nbsp;is very serious and a lot of blood is being lost fast, use a compression bandage to staunch the bleeding and take the patient to a hospital immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>ASSSA Medical Services<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/insurance\/health-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u><strong>ASSSA Health Insurance<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The information published in this media neither substitutes nor complements in any way the direct supervision of a doctor, his diagnosis or the treatment that he may prescribe. It should also not be used for self-diagnosis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The exclusive responsibility for the use of this service lies with the reader.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>ASSSA advises you to always consult your doctor about any issue concerning your health.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the functions of the skin that covers the body is to protect it from attacks by microbes in the environment, and to create a barrier that germs are unable to penetrate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":5929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wounds and hemorrhages - ASSSA English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wounds and hemorrhages - ASSSA English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the functions of the skin that covers the body is to protect it from attacks by microbes in the environment, and to create a barrier that germs are unable to penetrate.&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ASSSA English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-31T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-18T07:47:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"297\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"soporte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"soporte\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"soporte\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e545c5b8d121593dd020f3a63aec3e90\"},\"headline\":\"Wounds and hemorrhages\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-31T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-18T07:47:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/00135_1-3.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wounds and hemorrhages - ASSSA English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/00135_1-3.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-31T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-18T07:47:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e545c5b8d121593dd020f3a63aec3e90\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/00135_1-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/00135_1-3.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":297},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wounds and hemorrhages\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"ASSSA English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e545c5b8d121593dd020f3a63aec3e90\",\"name\":\"soporte\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/60bd01119ff87b83a195933bed289df0b2880b9446899bac13d38348f3c7a7f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/60bd01119ff87b83a195933bed289df0b2880b9446899bac13d38348f3c7a7f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/60bd01119ff87b83a195933bed289df0b2880b9446899bac13d38348f3c7a7f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"soporte\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.asssa.es\\\/en\\\/author\\\/soporte\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wounds and hemorrhages - ASSSA English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wounds and hemorrhages - ASSSA English","og_description":"One of the functions of the skin that covers the body is to protect it from attacks by microbes in the environment, and to create a barrier that germs are unable to penetrate.&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/","og_site_name":"ASSSA English","article_published_time":"2018-01-31T08:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-10-18T07:47:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":297,"url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"soporte","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"soporte","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/"},"author":{"name":"soporte","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e545c5b8d121593dd020f3a63aec3e90"},"headline":"Wounds and hemorrhages","datePublished":"2018-01-31T08:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-18T07:47:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/"},"wordCount":379,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png","articleSection":["Health"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/","url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/","name":"Wounds and hemorrhages - ASSSA English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png","datePublished":"2018-01-31T08:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-18T07:47:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e545c5b8d121593dd020f3a63aec3e90"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png","width":600,"height":297},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wounds-and-hemorrhages\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wounds and hemorrhages"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/","name":"ASSSA English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e545c5b8d121593dd020f3a63aec3e90","name":"soporte","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bd01119ff87b83a195933bed289df0b2880b9446899bac13d38348f3c7a7f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bd01119ff87b83a195933bed289df0b2880b9446899bac13d38348f3c7a7f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bd01119ff87b83a195933bed289df0b2880b9446899bac13d38348f3c7a7f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"soporte"},"url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/author\/soporte\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00135_1-3.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7902,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions\/7902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}