When caring for patients with nosebleeds at home, the first step is to relieve their fear. Because patients with nosebleeds often experience mental tension due to fear of excessive bleeding, and mental tension is an important factor that triggers nosebleeds and causes them to persist. Many patients complain that nosebleeds have a regular pattern of bleeding at this hour every day, which is the reason.
Wash the blood stains on the patient’s face and replace clothes and bedding in a timely manner. Nursing staff should have friendly language, friendly attitude, thoughtful service, and care for patients. Medical staff and patient family members should pay attention to the negative impact of attitude and language on patients. They should not discuss the condition in front of patients, avoid all negative psychological stimuli, make patients feel warm, and alleviate and eliminate negative psychology.
Patients should sit or lie in a semi recumbent position to lower nasal blood pressure. Do not lie flat, as lying flat can increase blood pressure in the head and make it easier to bleed again. Try not to swallow the blood that flows to the throat to avoid stimulating the stomach and causing nausea and vomiting.
A towel soaked in cold water or ice water can be applied to the forehead, back of the nose, and other areas. Cold stimulation can cause small blood vessels in the nose to contract and stop bleeding. You can also use relatively clean gauze strips, cotton, etc. to fill the nasal cavity. If you can dip it in some adrenaline or Yunnan Baiyao, the effect will be better.
Elderly and frail patients should receive continuous low flow oxygen therapy to improve breathing. Due to its low body resistance and limited movement, it is easy to develop pressure sores. Patients should frequently turn over and pat their backs to prevent the occurrence of pressure sores.
The care after nosebleeds is very important, improper care can bring more trouble. So nursing needs to choose appropriate methods.