You are performing a secondary assessment on an unrestrained adult passenger who was involved in a motor vehicle collision in which the car rolled end over end several times at a high rate of speed. The patient is responsive to painful stimuli and in a state of shock. When assessing the patient's head, which of these would be appropriate for you to do?
A) Clean a laceration of the scalp
B) Check the pupils with a penlight
C) Perform a blind finger sweep to check the airway
D) Apply pressure to a depressed area of the skull
B) Check the pupils with a penlight
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