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Well, as a lisenced EMT, our procedure (yeah, sometimes we have to respond to stupid crap like that) is to tell the patient to lean forward and pinch their nose. Use a tissue to absorb all the blood, but apply some pressure with that pinch to stop the blood flow. Yeah, leaning back does send that blood to your stomach, which can possibly make you feel nauseous.
For more tips, put an ice cube in your mouth. As you know, your body constricts blood vessels that are cold, to conserve body heat. The ice cube or ice cream in your mouth will constrict some of the bloodvessels going to your nose just a bit, but enough to help.
And whatever you do, don't blow your nose afterwards, or you'll blow out all those clots that just stopped the bleeding.
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