Eye, Ear, and Nose Injuries
Lesson 7: Treat a Patient with Epistaxis (Nosebleed)
Exercises: Lesson 7
EXERCISES, LESSON 7
INSTRUCTIONS: The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered response(s) that best answer(s) the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the end of the lesson and check your answers.
1. Epistaxis (nosebleed) is caused by:
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2. Which of the following procedures would be done to treat epistaxis (nosebleed)?
a. Tell patient to sit facing you.
b. Tell the patient to blow his nose.
c. Tell the patient to breathe through his nose.
d. Tell patient to pinch the fatty part of his nose for 11 to 15 minutes.
3. In treating a patient with epistaxis (nosebleed), where would you place a cold
compress?
a. Over patient's mouth.
b. On patient's forehead.
c. On the bridge of patient's nose.
d. As close to the patient's nostrils as possible.
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