Treatment of GI Bleeding Secure airway if needed IV fluid resuscitation Blood transfusion if needed Sometimes medications In some, endoscopic or angiographic hemostasis (See also the American College of Gastroenterology-Canadian Association of Gastroenterology's 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets During Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding and the Periendoscopic Period, the American Journal of Gastroenterology's 2023 Management of Patients With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Updated ACG Guideline, the American Journal of Gastroenterology's 2021 ACG Clinical Guideline: Upper Gastrointestinal and Ulcer Bleeding, and the American Journal of Gastroenterology's 2015 ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Small Bowel Bleeding.)