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karateprodigy

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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



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duy1981999

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a




karateprodigy

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


bblaney

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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