Which of the following patients would be most in need of a rapid trauma assessment?
A. an awake and alert 19-year-old man with a small caliber gunshot wound to the abdomen
B. A conscious 25-year-old woman who fell 12' from a roof and landed on her side
C. A 43-year-old woman with a unilaterally swollen, painful deformity of the femur
D. a 60-year old man who fell from a standing position and has an abrasion on his check
Ans: A. an awake and alert 19-year-old man with a small caliber gunshot wound to the abdomen
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