Method of measuring bleeding volume

A method of aiding a medical personnel to measure a blood clotting ability of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) establishing a relationship between a reference volume and a reference surface area;
• b) providing the obtained relationship to the medical personnel;
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• c) advising the medical personnel to perform the following steps of:
• i) breaking a skin of the patient to induce bleeding;
• ii) applying blood of the patient obtained from step i) to a first blotter paper, such that a blotch of the patient's blood is formed on the first blotter paper;
• iii) measuring a surface area of the blotch formed on the first blotter paper;
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• iv) determining the blood volume in the first blotter paper in accordance with the provided relationship in step b), wherein the determined blood volume is indicative of the blood clotting ability of the patient.

A method of indicating blood clotting ability of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) breaking a skin of the patient to induce bleeding of blood;
• b) collecting blood of the patient obtained during step a) on a blotter paper until the patient stops bleeding, the collecting step including:
• i) forming two or more blotches of blood on the blotter paper;
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• c) calculating a total surface area of the collected blood on the blotter paper of step (b) wherein the total surface area is indicative of total blood volume and the blood clotting ability of the patient, the calculating step including:
• i) measuring a surface area of each of the blotches of blood absorbed into the blotter paper during step i) of the collecting step;
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• ii) adding the surface areas of the blotches wherein the total surface area is indicative to total blood volume and the blood clotting ability of the patient.