Casualties with severe injuries can bleed to death in as little as 3 minutes. Signs of uncontrolled bleeding are:
- There is pulsing or steady bleeding from the wound.
- Blood is pooling on the ground.
- The overlying clothes are soaked with blood.
- Bandages or makeshift bandages used to cover the wound are ineffective and steadily becoming soaked with blood.
- There is an amputation of an arm or a leg.
- There was prior bleeding, and the patient is now in shock (i.e., unconscious, confused, pale).