Introduction

Student authored virtual patient for undergraduate medical education

Richard Thorley, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentisty

Last updated: 13 December 2013

Learning objectives

By the end of this virtual patient you should be able to:

Understand the steps involved in assessing a patient with epistaxis

Recall the treatment of acute epistaxis

Decide which investigations to order when investigating the underlying cause of epistaxis

Interpret the results of these investigations