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CHAPTER-2:  SAFETY AND FIRST AID


                                               TOPIC: NOSE BLEED

























              Type of                 Types of first aid given
              injury/accident
                                           Keep the patient upright in a comfortable position with
               NOSE BLEEDS                   his head held back.

                                           Press the bleeding side of the nose firmly.
                                           Keep an ice-pack or wet cloth on the nose and the head
                                             of the patient.

                                           Ask the patient to breathe through his mouth and not to
                                             blow his nose.
                                           A little bit of bleeding from the nose is harmless but if

                                             the bleeding is heavy, send for the doctor.
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