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Where blood loss comes from - an artery or a vein - and blood clots
A real emergency is if the patient is losing a lot of blood. Discern whether this blood loss is from an artery or a vein. Arterial blood is under pressure. If the artery is big and badly cut, you may not be able to help quickly enough.
A horse lashed out at one of my dogs. By the time I had rushed in to get a remedy and rushed back out again - maybe 4-5 minutes - she had died. Her body had quickly swelled up, showing a severe arterial internal haemorrhage, probably from a rib fracture.
If the bleeding is from a small artery, you may be able to stem the flow, by a remedy (see below) by pressure, either with applying pressure with your hand or by a tourniquet.
A horse became tangled in a wire fence and by the time I found her, she had a small upward (arterial) spurt of blood from a hind leg injury. I gave her Aconite 200c and it instantly stopped. Just like turning off a tap/faucet. While she most definitely was injured, she was also in shock. That needed treatment first.
Blood loss from a broken vein oozes and is much less important. A small vein will normally clot on its own. You may need to stem blood loss from a larger vein. You can usually accomplish this by the right remedy or applying pressure. However, be very aware of other injuries as pressure may cause pain and so resistance.
Try to think laterally. For example, horses suffer with soft tissue damage under the saddle. This is, sadly, normal. But it will be much worse with a heavy rider, a young horse or a badly fitting saddle.
Giving Arnica after every ride will help.
Arnica is also excellent it dissolving blood clots
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