A female patient has been involved in a motorcycle crash. Your scene size-up reveals her to be unresponsive and lying in the roadway. It also appears that her left leg has been amputated at the knee. What should the EMT do immediately?

A) Assess the leg for bleeding
B) Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver
C) Cover the knee with a sterile dressing
D) Locate the amputated leg


B) Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver

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