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about one of those other topics. I'm going to give you the approach to

nose bleeding so you can rock your emergency medicine clerkship and get top one-third in your

slow. Now, in this episode, there's really one thing that I want to emphasize, and that is

this. Protective equipment is important. It's really, really, really important.

It's like wearing a seatbelt. You will virtually never need it until it's too late, and then you wish

you had it. And I know, I know, I know. I'm the OSHA police. That's so lame. We don't have time.

Whatever. Listen, I get it.

I get lazy with this myself.

It's part of the whole, I'm tough, I'm fearless, I get vomited on, welcome to the pit-type culture that we love emergency medicine for.

But to be honest, that's dumb.

Don't be stupid.

This is something we can all improve on,

especially with this chief complaint,

because there is going to be blood everywhere,

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