Your patient is a 29-year-old man who works in a meat-processing plant. He received a knife wound in the proximal anteromedial thigh, which is continuing to bleed on your arrival. He is restless and thirsty and has pale, cool skin. He has a weak radial pulse of 130 and a blood pressure of 118/88 mmHg. This patient is exhibiting signs and symptoms consistent with a class ________ hemorrhage

A) III
B) II
C) IV
D) I

B

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