A 21-year-old male has a stab wound to the left side of his neck. Emergency Medical Responders are holding manual in-line spinal stabilization. As you approach the patient, you note blood on his shirt and pale-looking skin color. As team leader, what direction would you give first?
A) "Let's look for other injuries on his chest."
B) "Can someone start the patient on high-concentration oxygen?"
C) "I need someone to place a gloved hand over the stab wound."
D) "Before we do anything else, we need to place a cervical collar on his neck."
C
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You are treating a patient who has cut herself while working in the lodge kitchen. She has a jagged laceration on her left forearm that is bleeding steadily and heavily. While attempting to control the bleeding, you should first:
a. tightly wrap roller gauze around a large sterile dressing placed over the injury. b. apply direct pressure to the elbow pressure point to slow the flow of blood into the arm. c. place a sterile dressing over the site and hold steady pressure on the dressing with your hand. d. wrap the injury tightly with roller gauze and apply a tourniquet proximal to the laceration.
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a. parasympathetic b. autonomic c. sympathetic d. peripheral