Which term describes bright red blood spurting from a wound, indicating a severed artery?

• A. Active Resistance
• B. Arterial Bleeding
• C. Aggressive Resistance
• D. Acuity

Answer: (B)

The main concept is recognizing arterial bleeding by the blood’s color and the way it flows. Bright red blood that spurts from a wound with each heartbeat points to an arterial injury, because arteries carry oxygen-rich blood at high pressure. This high-pressure flow pushes blood out in a pulsatile spurting pattern, which is why the term describing this situation is arterial bleeding. Understanding this helps you act quickly to control the bleed—apply firm direct pressure right away, and use a tourniquet if needed for limb injuries when direct pressure alone can’t stop it. The other options don’t describe a type of bleeding at all; they relate to actions or conditions that aren’t relevant to blood flow from a wound.