What is bleeding?
Q: What is bleeding?
A: Bleeding is the loss of blood or blood escape from the circulatory system.
Q: How can bleeding occur internally?
A: Bleeding can occur internally where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body.
Q: Where can bleeding occur externally?
A: Bleeding can occur externally through a natural opening such as the vagina, mouth, nose, ear, or anus or through a break in the skin.
Q: What is desanguination?
A: Desanguination is a major blood loss.
Q: What is exsanguination?
A: Exsanguination is losing enough blood to cause death.
Q: Can a person die from losing all their blood?
A: A person does not have to lose all of their blood to die. People can die from losing half to two-thirds of their blood.
Q: What is the scale established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to measure different degrees of blood loss?
A: The World Health Organization (WHO) established a scale to measure different degrees of blood loss, from level 0 to 4. Level 0 indicates no blood loss, whilst level 4 represents the highest level of hemorrhaging, with a risk of fatality.
