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Emergency Medicine & First Aid vocabulary · Bleeding and Wounds

Nosebleed

Meaning in emergency medicine & first aid, with examples

/ˈnoʊzbliːd/nounCore term

In emergency medicine & first aid, nosebleed means: Bleeding from the inside of the nose, often from small blood vessels near the front; the medical word is epistaxis.

In Turkish: burun kanaması, epistaksis

How it is used

Very common and usually minor, but it can be heavy in older people or those taking blood thinners. Clinicians write 'epistaxis' and ask how long it has been bleeding and from which side. People say they 'have a nosebleed' or that their 'nose is bleeding'.

Example sentences

  1. He's had a nosebleed for over an hour and he's on warfarin.

  2. Nosebleeds in children are common after nose-picking or a knock.

Common collocations

  • have a nosebleed
  • severe nosebleed
  • stop a nosebleed
  • recurrent nosebleeds
  • bleedingThe loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel, either out of the body through a wound or inside the body where it cannot be seen.
  • hemorrhageThe medical word for bleeding, especially heavy bleeding, either from a wound or inside the body.
  • direct pressureFirm pressure pressed straight onto a bleeding wound, by hand or with a dressing, to slow or stop external bleeding.

More terms: Bleeding and Wounds

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