REMOTE Stop the Bleed Part 3 Wound Packing first page

Part 1

For small wounds :

1. In groups of 3-4 students, fill a 2-liter plastic bottle with red water. (Two liters is a representation of half of the amount of blood in a human adult.) If an adult loses 40-50% of their blood volume, the victim will typically die from blood loss.

Have each student save two 2-liter plastic bottles and fill with water. They can color the water red for a more realistic blood look but caution students that the red liquid may stain. Encourage the students to add “faces” to their bottle to make it more realistic for them. 2. Your teacher will poke a hole near the bottom of the bottle with a sharp object, causing it to “bleed.” Be sure the hole is large enough for the red liquid to seep out easily. Instruct students to carefully poke a single hole into one of the plastic bottles filled with water, near the bottom of the bottle. They will also need to use rags to pack the hole in the bottle and stop the bleeding. Encourage students NOT to use paper towels or tissue for this activity. 3. Have someone in your group “time” how long it takes your group to stop the bleeding. Remember the time needs to be between 3-5 minutes and if the bottle empties their victim most likely did not survive. Ask each student to have someone in the home be their “timer.” Their timer will need to start timing as soon as the student starts to try to stop the bleeding. They will need to continue to keep time until the bottle is either empty or they stopped the bleeding. Ask students to record themselves trying to stop the bleeding. Ask all students to send their videos to you for sharing. 4. Your group needs to find something in the classroom that you can use to stop the bleeding. Have available old towels, rags, old T-shirts, socks, old hoodies, etc. cut up into strips approximately 3 inches wide and 12 inches in length. The use of gauze would be too expensive for this activity depending on the number of students / number of sessions that you teach. Students will be responsible for looking around their home (with parent’s permission) to find something suitable to use with this activity. It can be old rags or T-shirts. Cotton material will work best for this activity. 5. What material did you find to use? Did it work? If yes, why? If not, why not? It worked if the bleeding was stopped with less than ½ of the red water draining out. It did not work if almost all the red water leaked out.