Core Em Podcast

This week we discuss the ED management of anterior and posterior epistaxis. https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Podcast_Episode_89_0_Final_Cut.m4a Download 3 Comments Tags: ENT, Epistaxis, Nose Bleeds, TXA Show Notes Take Home Points The first step is managing epistaxis is solid pressure.  This means holding a tight pinch just distal to the nasal bones and hold, without peaking, for at least 5 minutes.  This will stop a good deal of the bleeding. If you need to do more, start by soaking gauze in either oxymetazoline or epinephrine, mix in some lidocaine to help with anesthesia, pack the nare with that and add on some compression.  Hope fully this stops the bleeding enough that you can see a good bleeder and perform cautery. Third line of treatmen