They are applied to the wound, sealed in with a bandage and left to feed.

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Shadow business secretary Alan Duncan said the measures amounted to a "small bandage on a massive wound".

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The one positive was I could see her wound being treated with a pressure bandage, so at least the crew was carrying some medical equipment.

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Garry Wood, restored to the Inverness starting line-up as a lone striker, was in the wars early on but returned to the field of play with a bandage covering a head wound.

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