Your patient presents with a piece of rebar impaled in his chest. You should:

A) do nothing until a higher level of care arrives.
B) stabilize the object with bulky dressings.
C) remove the rebar and apply an occlusive dressing.
D) cut the rebar as close to the patient as possible.


B

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