You are on the scene of a church bus roll-over collision. There are 30 passengers involved. As triage officer, which one of the following patients should you assign the highest priority?
A) 70-year-old woman who is awake but having difficulty breathing and has absent lung sounds on the right side
B) 35-year-old pregnant woman with a cut on her head, neck pain, and numbness and tingling in her arms
C) 30-year-old man with multiple lower extremity fractures who is awake, has a strong radial pulse, and is complaining of severe pain
D) Unresponsive 9-year-old male with an open skull fracture who is in cardiac arrest
A
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