I don't personally get nose-bleeds (bloody nose is another thing involving some violence and I got plenty of those when I was younger). My wife and duaghter both get them often enough for me to used to them. Calm reassurance is the best medicine. A binch just above the bridge of the nose is supposed to be a pressure point for one of the major arteries in that area - Don't know for sure but it gives me something to do while I am holding a kleenex / hankie / rag under the nose to catch the slop and keep the shirt front clean. My 8 year old daughter used to be woken up several nights a month with freely flowing nose bleeds. We eventually got the doc to find and cauterize some of the more vulnerable parts of her nasal passage. This has had the desired effect for the most part. She no-longer wakes up drowning in her own blood. <br><br>The first time it happened she was 4 or 5 and came into our room early in the dark part of the morning and woke us up crying. Turning on the light we were panicked by the sight of blood all down her face and onto her nighty. Just as we started to reassure her and clean her up she vomitted all the blood she had swallowed before she woke up. That was gross and quite shocking! Now, several years later and several nose-bleeds later, she and we take it in stride. Last time it happened we were hiking in the local mountains with some others and she pulled my elbow and said that she had a nose-bleed. We stopped the group and I handed her a package of Kleenex and sat her down. She went through an entire pocket-pak of Kleenex but it finally stopped and she was fine. Wiped up her face with a clean tissue and all was well. No fuss, no muss. My doctor told us that it is extremely uncommon to lose a dangerous amount of blood this way if it is a common nose-bleed and not some other type of internal hemorage. The worst danger we were warned about was the possibility of choking on the blood if the victim were to be laid supine or to tilt the head back. <br><br>I took the EMT basic course last year and they didn't mention much about nose-bleeds so I guess that they don't consider them something that often needs emergency medical intervention. They did confirm what my doctor had said about the amount of blood and the dangers of choking. My experience is that my daughter will quite handily fill a large bandana and shock whatever group may be witnessing the experience and, if unprepared ruin a shirt - but the bleeding always stops before anything really bad happens and as long as she is vertical and head in normal position we no longer experience the vomitting of half digested blood and associated discomfort all around.<br><br>disclaimer: I am only an EMT basic not a doctor. I am sharing my experiences only and not giving any advice. Any circumstance involving leakage of vital fluids must be treated as very serious until proven otherwise. For specific advice for you specific situation see a doctor that knows you and your circumstances well.