KEY POINTS
1. Wound: definition.
2. Wound classification.
3. Wound signs and symptoms.
4. Wound complications.
5. General principles of the first aid for a soft tissue injury.
6. Prevention of further contamination of an open wound.
7. First aid for a wound with a foreign body.
8. First aid for a wound involving protruding organs.
9. First aid for an abdominal wounds.
10. First aid for an abdominal wounds involving protruding intestines.
11. First aid for a thoracic wound.
12. Signs and symptoms of penetrating chest trauma.
13. First aid for a penetrating chest trauma.
14. Bleeding: definition.
15. External bleeding: definition.
16. Arterial bleeding: characteristics.
17. Venous bleeding: characteristics.
18. Capillary bleeding: characteristics.
19. General symptoms of blood loss.
20. Hemodynamic signs depending on severity of blood loss.
21. General principles of bleeding control.
22. Emergency bleeding control.
23. Methods of temporary hemostasis.
24. Direct pressure for bleeding control.
25. Indirect pressure for bleeding control.
26. Extremity elevation.
27. Compression bandage.
28. Use of a tourniquet.
29. Maximal flexion of the extremity.
30. Measures to prevent or control hemodynamic shock.
31. Self-protective measures when performing first aid for an open wound.
32. Control of external arterial bleeding.
33. Control of external venous bleeding.
34. Control of external capillary bleeding.