You have a patient who has a long laceration to his thigh after falling through a roof he was working on. The bleeding is a mixture of bright red and dark red. The bleeding is hard to stop and the patient is becoming increasingly pale and disoriented. How would you characterize this bleeding?

A. Noncritical.
B. Arterial.
C. Venous.
D. Capillary.


Answer: B. Arterial.

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