A nurse who is assisting victims of an automobile collision has already placed a towel secured with a belt on a bleeding leg wound. What action should the nurse take when the towel becomes saturated?
a. Do nothing.
b. Remove the towel and use the belt as a tourniquet.
c. Remove the towel and place the victim's jacket over the wound and secure it.
d. Reinforce the towel with the victim's jacket.
D
Direct and continuous pressure is the intervention for a bleeding wound. The original dressing should not be removed but should be reinforced.
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