- If it is a serious case, you must quickly alert the emergency services.
- Put the victim in a horizontal position with raised legs.
- Locate bleeding, which is sometimes hidden by clothing.
- Stop the flow of blood by applying pressure with a piece of clean clothing, always pressing against the bone at the point closest to the wound.
- Continue applying pressure until emergency services arrive.
- If part of the body is detached, however small, hygienically isolate it and deliver it to medical services so that they can attempt to reattach it.