How should you dress a heavily bleeding wound?

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Correct answer: Apply a pressure dressing with gauze and bandage.

The primary aim with a severely bleeding wound is to stop the haemorrhage as quickly as possible to prevent a threat to the casualty's life. A pressure dressing, consisting of sterile gauze and a tightly applied bandage, exerts constant, direct pressure on the damaged blood vessels. Such pressure is the most effective method of mechanically closing the vessel and stopping the flow of blood.

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