Overview

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements. 

• Background
  • Causes, prevalence, and prognosis.
• Assessment
  • How to assess a person with epistaxis.
• Management
  • How to manage epistaxis in primary care.
• Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course
• Audit suggestions

Goals

During this course you will learn how to:

• Offer appropriate first aid advice to people with epistaxis.
• Manage acute epistaxis that has not stopped after adequate pressure has been applied to the soft lower part of the nose.
• Appropriately admit or refer people with acute epistaxis to secondary care for management.
• Appropriately refer people with recurrent epistaxis to secondary care for management.

Audit Suggestions

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