Your patient is a 12-year-old boy who ran his arm through a glass window and has an 8-
inch laceration on his anterior forearm. You have applied a pressure dressing and bandage,
but these have become saturated due to continued bleeding. Which of the following should
you do now?
A) Apply addit...
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Your patient is a 12-year-old boy who ran his arm through a glass window and has an 8-
inch laceration on his anterior forearm. You have applied a pressure dressing and bandage,
but these have become saturated due to continued bleeding. Which of the following should
you do now?
A) Apply additional dressing material, bandage it in place, and apply pressure to the
brachial artery.
B) Remove the pressure dressing and bandage, apply direct pressure with your gloved
hand, and elevate the arm.
C) Remove the pressure dressing and bandage, apply an ice pack to the wound, and
bandage it in place with an elastic bandage.
D) Elevate that arm and prepare to apply a tourniquet or consider administering a
hemostatic agent.
✓ -:- D) Elevate that arm and prepare to apply a tourniquet or consider administering a
hemostatic agent.
Which of the following BEST describes the delivery of oxygen and nutrients at the body's
Which of the following is a characteristic of arterial bleeding?
A) Steady flow
B) Spurting under pressure
C) Dark red color
D) Both B and C
✓ -:- B) Spurting under pressure
External bleeding may be classified according to types. Which one of the following is one of
those types?
A) Brain bleeding
B) Liver bleeding
C) Cardiac bleeding
D) Capillary bleeding
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