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A pressure point is located where an artery passes
22 principal pressure points, 11 on each side of the
over a bone near the surface of the skin. By exerting
body. Figure 13-5 shows pressure points for the right
pressure with your fingers or hand at this point, you
facial, subclavian, brachial, radial and ulnar, iliac, and
will compress the artery against the bone, thus shutting
anterior and posterior tibia1 arteries. There are
off most of the blood flow to the injured part. There are
corresponding pressure points in the same locations on
Figure 13-5.—Principal pressure points.
13-5
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