Properties of dressing: Free of bacteria and other microorganisms

You have arrived on a scene in which one person has been shot in the head. As you approach the patient, you note that he is sitting up and talking with the police. He is holding a blood-soaked towel over the left temporal area of his head. Which one of the following is your initial action in caring for this patient?

A) Determine the need for a nasal or oral airway. B) Remove the towel to assess the gunshot wound. C) Take manual inline spinal stabilization. D) Obtain a pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.

Training in disaster preparedness is done for which of the following?

a. Terrorist attacks b. Epidemics c. Fires d. All of the above