Author Question: While responding to a domestic emergency with possible injuries, the dispatcher informs you that the ... (Read 74 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

While responding to a domestic emergency with possible injuries, the dispatcher informs you that the police on-scene report a male patient knife cut and arterial bleeding. Given this information, which one of the following do you expect?

A) Dark red blood flowing from the injury that is difficult to control
B) Bright red blood that is spurting with each beat of the heart
C) Bright red blood oozing from the injury site that is easy to control
D) Spurting blood that is darker red in color and difficult to control

Question 2

In responding to calls of two-car collisions, be prepared to look for:

A) multiple patients.
B) flail chest.
C) severe lower extremity injuries.
D) altered mental status patients.