You are dispatched to a convenience store, where the clerk sustained a laceration to the side of his neck during a robbery attempt. During your assessment, you note bright red blood spurting from the laceration. You should:
A. circumferentially wrap a dressing around his neck.
B. apply direct pressure below the lacerated vessel.
C. apply direct pressure above and below the wound
D. apply pressure to the closest arterial pressure point.
Answer: C. apply direct pressure above and below the wound
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A) Leave the scene and only return when police have made it safe to do so. B) Ignore the yelling and continue to care for the patient as you would anyone else with a similar injury. C) Inform the patrons that you are a medical professional and will care for the patient as you have been educated to do so. D) Contact medical command for permission to give aspirin as a pain medication.
Disaster mental health services should be available:
A) following any MCI. B) both immediately after the incident and in the following weeks. C) to all personnel involved in an incident. D) All of the above