Assuming all of the following patients have experienced significant blood loss and are hypotensive, in which would the use of PASG be absolutely contraindicated?
A) A 19-year-old woman with an unstable pelvis after being thrown from a horse
B) A 35-year-old pregnant woman with bilateral femur fractures sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision
C) A 16-year-old male with massive blood loss from a severed popliteal artery as a result of being struck by a piece of metal debris ejected by a lawn mower
D) A 31-year-old man with a stab wound between his thoracic vertebral column and right scapula
D
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