If a dressing becomes saturated with blood, what should you do?

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Adding an additional dressing on top of the saturated one helps to manage the bleeding without disturbing the clotting process that may have started under the initial dressing. Removing the first dressing could disrupt clot formation and increase bleeding, while using a tourniquet or cauterizing the wound are more extreme measures that are not typically first-line responses for managing a bleeding wound that has saturated a dressing.

If a Dressing Becomes Saturated with Blood, What Should You