My 96 year old mother had a severe nose bleed and ended up getting a rhino rocket nose balloon which was just removed by the ENT after 5 days.
He says that there is no active bleeding but there was some abrasion when he removed it that formed a clot that we need to let heal for a week.
I have jacket the humidity up to 40 and he had us get saline spray to do every 4 hours.
He said that if she gets a nose bleed I should pack it with a cotton ball. He said to soak the cotton in Afrin spray. The pharmacist gave me some lame gasoline hcl 0.05% solution that seems to be a decongestant.
Does this sound right? I would have thought to use some sort of clotting agent. Maybe this keeps the cotton from sticking?
He also said to pinch the nostrils and apply an ice pack, but I am a bit confused. Would I pinch even after packing, or would the pinch just be the first easy attempt?
I have a couple nurse friends that I will get in touch with, but figured to throw it out here too.
Thanks.
Joe
He says that there is no active bleeding but there was some abrasion when he removed it that formed a clot that we need to let heal for a week.
I have jacket the humidity up to 40 and he had us get saline spray to do every 4 hours.
He said that if she gets a nose bleed I should pack it with a cotton ball. He said to soak the cotton in Afrin spray. The pharmacist gave me some lame gasoline hcl 0.05% solution that seems to be a decongestant.
Does this sound right? I would have thought to use some sort of clotting agent. Maybe this keeps the cotton from sticking?
He also said to pinch the nostrils and apply an ice pack, but I am a bit confused. Would I pinch even after packing, or would the pinch just be the first easy attempt?
I have a couple nurse friends that I will get in touch with, but figured to throw it out here too.
Thanks.
Joe