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The way of carrying by the wounded

When you find the wounded, give him or her first aid as soon as possible.

But if you are in danger or it's difficult for you to give first aid alone, you must carry the wounded to the nearest hospital.

Beside carrying has a lot of sorts, you must choose and do the way suitable for the condition of the wounded.

The way of carrying by Condition

Without-match:

SLIGHT WOUND (as heavy as the wounded can walk)>
Give the wounded a piggyback or let him or her lean on your shoulder and move carefully so that he or she can go to hospital without increasing the pain.
If he or she broke a bone, carry him or her without bending the affected area.

SERIOUS WOUND (ex: skull fracture, backbone fracture etc.)>
Even if you move neck a little, the wounded has a lisk of hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body) or death.
In this case, you must wait till doctors or emergencies and ask for instructions from them.
If you can't expect a rescue squad to reach, make him or her lie on the flat thing (ex: tatami, mattress) and carry without impacting as much as you can.
It's the best thing you can that to fix the wounded with beltlike thing.

In conclusion. what you mustn't do is taking your eyes off the
If the wound is so heavy that you need call an ambulance, so much the worse.

There is a lot of case that people's life are saved from some people's being carefully to condition of the wounded and state of circumference then correspondencing quickly.

You should know these coping in order not to be flurried at unexpected occurrences.

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