Melclin
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Currently in our system, per AMPDS, we go lights and sirens to any "haemorrhage, dangerous body area". Unfortunately this means we are going lights and sirens to a few fairly common job types.
- PR bleeds where people wipe themselves after passing a bowel motion, notice a small red smudge on the toilet paper, or notice a red tinge or blood clot in the toilet and call 000. :wacko:
- Epistaxis.
- Superficial lacs around the head.
My partner was complaining on the way to a nose bleed the other day and said to me, Melclin, you like research and all that, what are the numbers on fatal nose bleeds. I had no idea. We got talking about it and I became interested in the idea of looking into some evidence that might either support of discourage the idea of L/S resposes to these jobs.
Q.1 I understand it is possible to die from epistaxis although extremely unlikely in most cases, and unlikely that a L/S response makes any difference. Anyone got numbers on that?
Q.2 Are their any causes of PR bleeds that are immediately life threatening?
- PR bleeds where people wipe themselves after passing a bowel motion, notice a small red smudge on the toilet paper, or notice a red tinge or blood clot in the toilet and call 000. :wacko:
- Epistaxis.
- Superficial lacs around the head.
My partner was complaining on the way to a nose bleed the other day and said to me, Melclin, you like research and all that, what are the numbers on fatal nose bleeds. I had no idea. We got talking about it and I became interested in the idea of looking into some evidence that might either support of discourage the idea of L/S resposes to these jobs.
Q.1 I understand it is possible to die from epistaxis although extremely unlikely in most cases, and unlikely that a L/S response makes any difference. Anyone got numbers on that?
Q.2 Are their any causes of PR bleeds that are immediately life threatening?