If elevation and direct pressure do not control bleeding, and especially if you observe bright red blood spurting from the wound indicating an arterial bleed, it is time to place a tourniquet.
They enrolled 921 patients with severe upper GI bleeding and randomly assigned 461 of the patients to a restrictive strategy (transfusion at a hemoglobin level <7 g/dL) and 460 to a liberal ...
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Nasal packing, a first-line intervention to stop severe bleeding, but newer materials like gelatin sponges or coated balloon catheters may be more effective and cause fewer complications. Other ...