You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall. Which of the following items would you use?

a. A dry sterile gauze dressing
b. Sterile gauze soaked in sterile water
c. A clean cravat
d. Vaseline gauze


Answer: d

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