Author Question: You are responding to a call to aid a patient who has cut himself with a knife. Reportedly arterial ... (Read 45 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

You are responding to a call to aid a patient who has cut himself with a knife. Reportedly arterial bleeding is involved. Given this information, which of the following findings do you expect?

a. Flowing dark-red blood that is difficult to control
b. Oozing bright-red blood that is easy to control
c. Spurting dark-red blood that is difficult to control
d. Bright-red blood that is spurting with each beat of the heart

Question 2

Severe external bleeding should be controlled during what phase of a patient assessment?

a. The primary assessment
b. The scene size-up
c. The rapid secondary survey
d. The reassessment