Figure of 8 stitch

This simple stitch can be a lifesaver. Bleeding from a varicose vein, recent heart catheterization, they may be on a blood thinner, and you can’t get the area to stop bleeding. This simple Stitch allows you to close the hole and apply pressure by tamponading the bleeding vessel. You don’t have to open up a laceration kit for this. You can use absorbable or nonabsorbable suture and instruments from a suture removal kit. The tiny forceps in a suture removal kit or adequate to be able to put a quick stitch in like this.