A young female was involved in a motor vehicle crash. She complains of pain to her left eye, which appears to have a piece of glass impaled in it. Further assessment reveals a large laceration to her left forearm with heavy bleeding. As your partner manually stabilizes the patient's head, you should:
A. administer 100% supplemental oxygen.
B. stabilize the impaled glass in her eye
C. apply direct pressure to her arm wound.
D. carefully remove the glass from her eye.
Answer: C. apply direct pressure to her arm wound.
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