Nasal bleeding is a common occurrence. They can occur with nasal trauma or with a variety of common diseases (for example, with hypertension or atherosclerosis ). Very often a sick or injured person may become embarrassed not to find the strength to stop the blood, so each of us should know how to help with nosebleeds.
First aid for nasal bleeding
First aid for nosebleeds is a list of simple actions that will help stop blood allocation and make it so that subsequent intervention by the doctor is not required. If you saw a person bleeding, you should immediately tighten your fingers with the wings of his nose and tilt his head slightly forward. So you will pass the bleeding vessel.
Do you have ice on hand? Excellent! He will help you to help with nosebleeds. Place it in a normal cellophane bag and put it tightly to the bridge of the nose. You can replace the ice with a napkin that is soaked in very cold water, or a cool metal object.
The blood keeps on going? Then you need an ordinary medical bandage to carry out emergency care for nosebleeds. It is necessary to nasalize the nasal passage. Just fold it up with a tube, well tucking the edges inward, and insert it into the bleeding half of the nose.
If such first aid with nasal bleeding does not help, then you must take a pill of any hemostatic. It can be Vikasol or Dicinon and go to the First Aid.
What can not be done with nosebleeds?
Please note that pre-hospital care for nosebleeds should be provided without fail. But you can never do this:
- Smirk - this can provoke an even greater secretion of blood, because when the nose blows, the formed thrombus will come off.
- To tilt the head - in this position, the blood from the nose will immediately begin to flow down the back
The wall of the pharynx directly into the esophagus. - Tampon the nasal passages with cotton wool - it is incredibly difficult to extract after a complete stop of bleeding.
If you saw that the nosebleed has appeared in the child, do not rush to immediately provide the same help as an adult. Most often in babies this is due to the fact that they breathe dry air, blow their nose or just pick their fingers. Just calm the child and ask him to bend forward for 5-10 minutes. This should help.