Should You Tilt Your Head Back for a Nosebleed?
Excerpted from You’re Doing It Wrong. It’s one of those first aid instructions so widely practiced that it feels officially sanctioned: nosebleed? Tilt your head back. Hold a tissue to your nose. Let the bleeding slow. Tilt your head back and you’re sending blood down your throat. Blood that flows backward into the nasopharynx gets […]