Why do teachers

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feel the need to send me a kid with a no longer bleeding nose? What are they expecting from me? Happens ALL.THE.TIME :banghead: and really, why am I seeing the bloody nose kids at all? Obviously the rare ones that are gushers and won;t stop I totally understand, but 99% of the time the kid walks in with a kleenex and it isn't even bleeding anymore. Rant over

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Blowing the clot out helps A LOT. When I get a gusher, I grab my paper towels, makes huge giant tissue and have them blow hard, then ready with new tissue to hold pressure. A huge clot usually comes right out and 9/10 settles down after 5 minutes.

Totally agree!! and I have paper washclothes that are way more absorbant than tissue or papertowel. It is almost always the clot that is dripping. Once that ids gone I have them s clean up and then swab the inside of the nasal cavity with vaseline.

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.
:roflmao:

I am totally going to chart this!

I mean... I ain't wrong. *Shrugs*

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Blowing the clot out helps A LOT. When I get a gusher, I grab my paper towels, makes huge giant tissue and have them blow hard, then ready with new tissue to hold pressure. A huge clot usually comes right out and 9/10 settles down after 5 minutes.

Thanks for the info guys! :3

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