A 48-year-old patient got a job-related injury of a hypodermic varicose vein on his shin that was accompanied by the intensive phleborrhagia. Choose the optimal variant of first aid:

Answer options

1. Application of Esmarch’s tourniquet above the injury
2. Maximal limb flexion in knee joint
3. Occlusion of femoral artery in a typical place
4. Pressure bandage and limb strapping
5. Application of Esmarch’s tourniquet beneath the injury