Rich's is not the carotid but the floor of the mouth and tongue. Right where the tongue connects to the floor. My mind has gone blank on the name.
Hospice gave me some absorable hemostat and gauze to pack his mouth if it goes into another vein, Luckily Rich is calm, Basically he says its like a nose bleed. I wish I could be as calm as him. He knows I have the Valium here to give him but he can't understand why he would need it/
The doctor told me only a surgeon could stop the bleed if it was an artery and I could rush him to the hospital, and then if would be a very tempearary fix Even if that was what Rich wanted which it isn't we live 30 miles away from the hospital.