The EMT is by the side of a young female who was cut while washing dishes. She has a jagged laceration to her left forearm that is bleeding steadily and heavily. When attempting to control the bleeding, the EMT would first:

A) tightly wrap roller gauze around a large sterile dressing placed over the top of the injury.
B) apply direct pressure to the elbow to slow the flow of blood into the distal arm.
C) place a large sterile dressing over the site with hand pressure applied over the top of the dressing.
D) wrap the injury site tightly with roller gauze and apply a tourniquet above the laceration.


C

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