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Gloves and hand hygiene are important, but they must not delay life-saving pressure on a catastrophic bleed; in practice you should apply pressure as soon as possible, ideally with some barrier, then improve PPE once immediate danger is controlled. Afterwards, follow your organisation’s decontamination and exposure incident procedures.
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