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  2. Doctor Warns of the Dangerous Mistake You're Making ... - AOL

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    Don’t worry, even if you see a big gush of blood coming from your nose, your brain isn’t bleeding. “The lining of the nose has a latticework of small blood vessels running through it ...

  3. Nosebleed - Wikipedia

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    Typically, dissolvable nasal packing is first attempted; if the bleeding persists, non-dissolvable nasal packing is the next option. Traditionally, nasal packing was accomplished by packing gauze into the nose, thereby placing pressure on the vessels in the nose and stopping the bleeding.

  4. Emergency bleeding control - Wikipedia

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    Epistaxis, or nosebleed, is a special case, where almost all first aid providers train the use of pressure points. The appropriate point here is on the soft fleshy part of the nose, which should constrict the capillaries sufficiently to stop bleeding, although obviously it does not stop bleeding from the nasopharynx or tear ducts. [citation needed]

  5. Recovery position - Wikipedia

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    In first aid, the recovery position (also called semi-prone) is one of a series of variations on a lateral recumbent or three-quarters prone position of the body, often used for unconscious but breathing casualties.

  6. ABC (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Some trainers continue to use circulation as the label for the third step in the process, since performing chest compressions is effectively artificial circulation, and when assessing patients who are breathing, assessing 'circulation' is still important. However, some trainers now use the C to mean Compressions in their basic first aid training.

  7. Nasopharyngeal airway - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, a nasopharyngeal airway (NPA), nasal trumpet (because of its flared end), or nose hose, is a type of airway adjunct, a tube that is designed to be inserted through the nasal passage down into the posterior pharynx to secure an open airway. It was introduced by Hans Karl Wendl in 1958. [1]