You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall. Which of the following items would you use?
a. A dry sterile gauze dressing
b. Sterile gauze soaked in sterile water
c. A clean cravat
d. Vaseline gauze
Question 2
You have placed an occlusive dressing on a puncture wound on the right side of the chest of a 33-year-old woman. During your ongoing assessment your primary concern is monitoring the injury for:
a. arterial bleeding.
b. infection at the wound site.
c. tension pneumothorax.
d. ecchymosis at the wound site.
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