If the bleeding does not stop with direct pressure, put pressure on the artery that carries blood to the wound.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Patients who get antibiotics earlier than one hour are more likely to get an infected surgical wound.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Patients who get them earlier than one hour are more likely to get an infected surgical wound.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

But they do need to be careful not to wound themselves with chainsaws or other pruning tools.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Remove dirt from the wound and press on it with a clean cloth or piece of clothing.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

He returned to Oxford, walking with difficulty because of what he said was a "war wound."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Along with the bone damage there is a risk of infection in the open wound.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Place a clean cloth in the mixture and then put the cloth on the wound.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

They can tell if a wound was created by the victim or by another person.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Doctors pushed their instruments into the wound as they continued to look for the bullet.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Keep putting pressure on the wound until the bleeding stops or medical help arrives.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Treat the wound with a mixture of salt and water until medical help arrives.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Brooke Chase Alone works on the Mustang News at Little Wound High School.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

Sherman's campaign had cut a great wound in the heart of the Confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

People do not need to put anything on the wound, she says.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

It lay only a few centimeters from the wound.

VOA: special.2010.04.22