So after I was stabbed for the first time when I was 14, I started carrying a knife. I was stabbed many times as a teenager after that — in my neck, my back, my stomach, my legs, even in my head. I have the scars to prove it. And I also stabbed people — for revenge, for survival, to protect myself and my friends. Unlike a lot of people in my area I never joined a gang - I was asked to join them a few times, but I didn't want to.
I didn't want to defend people regardless of what they'd done just because we were from the same postcode. But violence still formed part of the backdrop of my daily life. The trouble started before I even joined primary school, living on the Tiverton estate in Tottenham in Families on the estate kept getting attacked by groups of skinheads, and one time they even threw a petrol bomb through our window.
I was four when my dad disappeared — my mum told me that he had been killed. I was just nine years old when I first saw my brother get stabbed. He was 12 at the time. A few years later we moved to Hackney, partly to get away from the violent attacks.
My mum, brother and I all lived together on the Holly Street estate, where there was a really close-knit community. He was 12 at the time, and some older kids were trying to take his bike when we were on a paper round together.
Seeing him bleeding and in pain changed me. I realised that the only way to survive was by acting totally fearless. Even if inside I was terrified. I became hardened to the violence. If people tried to rush me — whether with their fists or with a knife — I would face them head-on. I was 14 when it first happened.
I was chatting to a friend in London Fields in Hackney, and then — boom — a guy ran up and stabbed me in the stomach, out of nowhere.
I was bleeding badly, and the pain was excruciating. People ran over with tea towels to stop the blood — to save my life. Even that close call didn't stop me stabbing someone. When you put a knife in someone it damages them but the knife is also like a plug, helping to seal any blood vessels etc that have been severed. By pulling it out you unplug these vessels and worsen the bleeding. Did you know that when Martin Luther King Jr.
He refused and was taken to hospital, where the blade was safely removed. It turned out that letter opener was resting on his aorta and extracting it would probably have killed him. When someone is stabbed they can go into shock if they lose a lot of blood either internally or externally. This is a potentially life-threatening condition as it means vital organs like the brain and heart are not getting enough oxygenated blood. The average adult has litres of blood we have about half a litre of blood per 7kg.
Tie the bandage around the bare limb —on a single bone. If the lower part of the arm or leg are bleeding, you should tie the tourniquet on the upper part, where there is only one bone rather than two. The tourniquet should be at least 5cm above the wound or 5cm above the joint if the wound is on the lower limb. Never place a tourniquet over a joint.
This is why, it is recommended to place the tourniquet at least 5cm or 2 inches above the wound. Place the knife or your scissors on top of the knot and tie another knot on top of them.
Use the knife or your scissors as a windlass to wind round and tighten the tourniquet. NEVER be tempted to loosen or remove a tourniquet. First Aid for Life can help We are a multi-award-winning, fully regulated first aid training business with experience working with schools, Young Offender Institutes, PRUs, voluntary organisations, charities and Youth clubs nationwide, to teach young people the vital skills they need to save a life, should the worst case scenario arrive.
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