What is happening?

What to do

1. Embedded object: leave it. Seek urgent care. Deep, heavy bleeding, lost sensation or eye/neck/chest/abdomen site: emergency call now.
2. Eye or skull dent: no pressure. Organs protruding from abdomen: no pressure or pushing back. Cover loosely with clean damp gauze. Emergency help now. Do not pack these wounds.
3. Open chest wound: emergency help, leave exposed to air. No plastic or sealing dressing. Existing covering with worse breathing: loosen/remove that covering. Leave embedded objects.
4. Place gauze or clean cloth either side of the object and press on that padding to control bleeding. Do not push the object inward.
5. Help them rest without unnecessary movement. Cover with a blanket. Tell the dispatcher about pallor, cold skin, confusion or worsening breathing.
6. If unresponsive: call emergency services. If breathing is abnormal, start CPR with dispatcher guidance.
7. Large object or fixed to structure: no cutting or attempted extraction. Request rescue and describe access. Support without movement only if safe. Neck: no encircling wrap or squeezing both sides.
8. After initial care: ask about tetanus vaccination. Dirt, pus, swelling/redness, worse pain or fever: urgent assessment. Do not delay emergency help to clean the wound.