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Epistaxis - Goals and outcome measures
Goals
To support primary healthcare professionals:
- To offer appropriate first-aid advice for people with epistaxis
- To manage epistaxis that has not stopped after adequate pressure has been applied
- To appropriately admit or urgently refer people with acute epistaxis to secondary care
- To appropriately refer people with recurrent epistaxis to secondary care
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