Femoral compression

“In bleeding from the thigh, leg, or foot press backward with the thumbs on the femoral artery at the middle of the groin where the artery passes over the bone. The point is a little higher up than that indicated in Fig 6.” — Moss, 1914

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soldier, medicine, artery, femoral, compress, first aid

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Source

James A. Moss Manual of Military Training (Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Company, 1914) 526

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