Which phase of wound healing is responsible for maintaining the blood clot and achieving hemostasis immediately after injury?

Wound healing proceeds through four overlapping phases: hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferative, and remodeling. The hemostasis phase occurs within seconds to hours of injury and involves vasoconstriction, platelet aggregation, and clot formation to stop bleeding and form the provisional matrix. The inflammatory phase follows (days 1–5) and is characterized by neutrophil and macrophage infiltration. The proliferative phase (days 4–21) involves granulation tissue formation, and the remodeling phase (weeks to over a year) involves collagen reorganization.