TY - JOUR T1 - The problem with nose bleeds JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 596 LP - 597 VL - 22 IS - 8 AU - A Dai AU - E Jurges Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/596.abstract N2 - Epistaxis is common in the paediatric population and is usually minor and self limiting. This case illustrates an atypical presentation of epistaxis with hypovolaemic shock due to a dissecting false aneurysm of the internal carotid artery caused by an impalement injury to the oropharynx. ER -