I'd think so. If anything, it's simply more practical, because you have less to work around, and less chance of catching the shaft on something and tearing the wound even more.
As far as knife/stab wounds, I remember from my first aid classes a few years ago that you should wrap some kind of bandaging tightly around the blade or piece of glass or whatever, holding it firmly in place in the wound. Oh, and elevate it of course.
My only gripe with the hihgly enjoyable Buffy episode that was First Date is how the left Xander on floor with a stomach wound to make "we're your friends who love you despite your bad taste in women" chitchat, and then didn't even take him to a hospital. But that's just a little thing that I can overlook as silly on the part of the writers.
curse those clumsy shafts, that wave in the air as you twitch and bleed!
I'd think so. If anything, it's simply more practical, because you have less to work around, and less chance of catching the shaft on something and tearing the wound even more.
As far as knife/stab wounds, I remember from my first aid classes a few years ago that you should wrap some kind of bandaging tightly around the blade or piece of glass or whatever, holding it firmly in place in the wound. Oh, and elevate it of course.
My only gripe with the hihgly enjoyable Buffy episode that was First Date is how the left Xander on floor with a stomach wound to make "we're your friends who love you despite your bad taste in women" chitchat, and then didn't even take him to a hospital. But that's just a little thing that I can overlook as silly on the part of the writers.