Bleeding

This helpful young man, whilst valiantly attempting to perform CPR on a young lady, has sadly got the wrong end of the stick. Through no deliberate fault of his own, this may lead to an incidentally small, almost harmless, colossal arterial bleed.

Definition

Blood, coming out of the body.

Epidemiology

It's pretty common, especially in Transylvania.

Differential Diagnosis

Common causes

• Trauma
• Aneurysm
• Anticoagulants

Rare causes

• Haemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
• Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn