Casualties with severe injuries can bleed to death in as little as 3 minutes. Signs of uncontrolled bleeding are:

1. There is pulsing or steady bleeding from the wound.
2. Blood is pooling on the ground.
3. The overlying clothes are soaked with blood.
4. Bandages or makeshift bandages used to cover the wound are ineffective and steadily becoming soaked with blood.
5. There is an amputation of an arm or a leg.
6. There was prior bleeding, and the patient is now in shock (i.e., unconscious, confused, pale).