In a traffic accident we attend to an injured person who has bleeding from the nose and ear. How should we act?
A)We will plug both the nose and the ear to prevent blood from coming out.
B)We will tilt the head back and plug it.
C)We will not plug the bleeding.Correct
In the case of bleeding from the nose or ear, we must assume it is an externalised internal haemorrhage, that is, an internal haemorrhage that comes out. This type of bleeding must never be plugged.