The blood represents 7% of body weight of a person. An adult is considered that can have up to five quarts of it. You take the primary role of nutrients (oxygen and sugar) into body cells and in turn removed for disposal of toxic organic result of metabolism. Blood loss is the output or bleeding or leakage of blood outside the blood vessels (veins and arteries) of the organism as a result of accidental or spontaneous rupture.
Depending on the affected blood vessel may be “vein” when there is heavy, blood is dark and low pressure flows, “capillary” blood is limited to very small quantities and “blood” when the blood is red emerges alive and the rhythm of the heartbeat.
Classification
- External bleeding. They occur when the skin that protects the body breaks down, as in the case when cut. In serious situations, blood loss may endanger the life of the victim.
- Internal bleeding. When blood comes from blood vessels and remains inside the body, eg, perforated gastric ulcer.
