Nasal hemostat and method of construction of nasal hemostat

A method of constructing a nasal hemostat from a material which is expansible upon contact with fluids to form a tampon adapted to apply pressure against substantially all of the walls of a nasal cavity when expanded in operative position, comprising the steps of:

• forming said tampon with a substantially linear bottom wall, a convex top wall, two substantially parallel side walls, and a substantially rectangular tongue continuous with the bottom wall and protruding from the posterior end of said tampon, said top and bottom walls being relatively narrow;
• forming at least an upper and a lower elongated recess longitudinally in a first one of said side walls, said recesses being adapted to respectively receive the middle and inferior conchae of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity when the tampon is expanded in operative position;
• positioning an elongated hollow breathing tube within said formed tampon, said tube extending through the tampon from the anterior end through said tongue to allow nasal breathing when the tampon is expanded in operative position;
• wetting the formed tampon with a fluid;
• compressing the wetted tampon into a contracted state by centripetal forces directed substantially towards the breathing tube so that no portion of said tampon is folded over any other portion of the tampon;
• and,
• allowing the compressed tampon to dry in said contracted state.