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A podcast series and accompanying study notes for the Canadian Certification Examination in Family Medicine, and practice beyond. #FOAMED
And we're back, but dammit, we have a nosebleed this week. Blame it on the dry northern Saskatchewan air.
Key points this week:
* These patients are commonly anxious, which makes everything worse: work on reducing their level of anxiety in the office/ED.
* 90% of nosebleeds will resolve with basic first aid: start with basic first aid when you first see them, and teach it to them to save them the trip in the next time it happens.
* If it's recurrent or you can't get it to stop, consider a posterior bleed: these will usually need help from ENT.
Thanks to FMR2 Dr. Isa Saidu for help in developing this topic!
99 Topics for the CCFP
A podcast series and accompanying study notes for the Canadian Certification Examination in Family Medicine, and practice beyond. #FOAMED