Tadi subuh , ithink at 5.45am, Mama woke me up..Actually i dah bangun cos Darwish wants his milk..Mama panic and gtau dat hidung babah berdarah 'kucur kucur' tak berenti nearly 1 hour..I masuk bilik babah and saw 1 whole towle dah soaked with blood..and the blood drom his nose is flowing fast...I pinched his nose and instructed him not to look downAfter few minutes of pinching, the blood still keep on flowing fast and the 3rd towel is partially soaked with blood.He started to vomit clotted blood.Before he become weak due to the loss of blood,we brought him to the Accident and Emergency Unit.
Good thing im very familiar with the nurses at the A&E unit cos most of them are my mates and ex students from Nursing College..They allowed me with my Babah in the Trauma room..
His BP(blood pressure) was on the high side..It was around 200/130mm Hg and eventually goes down slightly to 190/110..The doctor gave him Norvasc tablet to help reduce the BP..After nearly 2 hours of resting in the day room,Babah was discharged.
When bleeding like dat occurs,especially to elderly like my Babah,things that shud be consider are trauma injuries and hypertension..We are really scared that the very high pressure might cause CVA..Nauzubillah
Babah has been asleep till now..Its 1.40pm already..The rest will do him good..
Anyway,below are some tips on first aid of nose bleed
- Make the patient sit down with head forward
- Pinch the nose just below the bridge for about 10 minutes and ask the patient to breathe through his mouth and avoiding speaking, swallowing or coughing.
- Cold compression can be given by using ice packs over the nose area.
- If bleeding does not stop, repeat nose pinching for another 10 minutes.
- If bleeding still does not stop, seek immediate medical help.
- If bleeding stops ask patient to avoid blowing nose.
- Make the patient exert physically.
- Insert any object / medication in the nose.
- Blow nose.
- Make the patient speak, swallow or cough.
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Noy,
very informative tips ni Noy.. thanks for sharing..
kakyong kan, memang takut sket kalo dgn darah2 ni.. masa baca citer Noy ni rasa senak perut pun ade...
daku memang penakut sket bila bab2 darah ni...
k.yong,its different if it happen to our own family..noy selalunya tak takut ngan darah..but this time,tak sanggup nak tengok...rasa nak break down jer
seb baik da ok!anyway nice info!tq
MummYaesh,alhamdulillah..