This page will help you prepare and respond correctly to provide first aid for traumatic amputation.

When Does Traumatic Amputation Occur?

The loss of a body part, usually a finger, arm, or leg, occurs due to an accident or injury.

The most common accidents causing amputation:

Factory accidents.

Farm accidents.

Misuse of power tools.

Car accidents.

Natural disasters.

Wars.

What Are the Symptoms of a Traumatic Amputation?

Pain.

Bleeding, which varies in amount depending on the location and nature of the injury.

How to Handle Traumatic Amputation?

Call an ambulance.

Ensure the injured person is breathing and their heart rate is normal.

If necessary, start artificial respiration, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), or control the bleeding.

Try to calm the injured person as much as possible.

Attempt to stop the bleeding by applying direct pressure on the wound with gauze or a clean cloth and elevating the amputated limb.

If the bleeding is severe and persistent, begin wrapping a bandage around the amputated limb to stop the bleeding.

Stay with the injured person until the ambulance arrives.

The Amputated Part:

Preserve the amputated body part and ensure it stays with the injured person.

Do not wash the amputated part.

Wrap the severed part in a moist, clean cloth, then place it in a sealed plastic bag and put the bag in water containing ice.

Do not place the amputated part directly in water or ice without using the plastic bag.

Ensure the amputated part is handed over to the ambulance.

Ambulance Numbers in Gulf Countries:

Oman: 9999.

Saudi Arabia: 997.

Kuwait: 112.

Qatar: 999.

UAE: 998.

Bahrain: 999.

Yemen: 195.