 [ Symptoms ] should you smack or forcefully put a finger in someones chest to wake the up from fainting  my 14 year old grand daughter passed out on my son in law and i got in an argument over this he said this is what paramedics did to him i believe this is to judge the level of consciousness not to wake some one up who has fainted doing this could actually cause more damage than good i used a cold compress and supported her until she came around which was just like a couple of minutes am i on the right track [ Disease ] you need to have your ear medically examined it would not be possible to blindly guess where the blood is coming from based on your brief sentence it could be from your ear canal or a ruptured eardrum before a treatment course is determined you must first have a diagnosis