Capillary Bleeding is best described as?

• A. Dark red, steady flow
• B. Slow oozing
• C. Bright red spurting with pulsatile flow
• D. No bleeding

Answer: (B)

Capillary bleeding shows up as a slow, oozing flow from a small wound. Capillaries are the tiny vessels at the surface, so when they’re damaged the bleeding isn’t heavy or pulsatile; it seeps out steadily and is usually easy to control with direct pressure and a dressing. This is in contrast to venous bleeding, which tends to be dark red and flow more steadily but can be heavier, and arterial bleeding, which is bright red and spurts with a pulsatile rhythm. No bleeding would mean there’s no wound or no active bleeding present. So the description that fits capillary bleeding best is slow oozing.