Of the following patients, which injury is the highest priority to receive bag-valve-mask ventilations?
A) 25-year-old female victim of battery who is awake but complains of a headache and has bloody fluid draining from her nose and left ear
B) 70-year-old male who struck his head when he fell in the parking lot, has a large laceration on his forehead, and is disoriented
C) 25-year-old male who regained consciousness one or two minutes after being struck on the head by a baseball bat and is now asking repetitive questions
D) 15-year-old female who was ejected from a vehicle, struck her head on a tree, and displays decerebrate movements in response to painful stimuli
D
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What improvements should be made to prevent such accidents in the future?
What will be an ideal response?